Received at 31/03/2009 at 15:57UTC

Hi. I want to ask some hams (PD0RKC, PY4MAB, etc) what antenna are they using for voice ops and what power. Thanks.

SSTV IZ7GEG 31/03/09

The six inhabitants of the orbiting International Space Station had a busy day of science and maintenance Monday, as they began a full week of activities together.

Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt inspected hatch seals throughout the U.S. segment of the station.

Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov and Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka checked out the radio link between the Zvezda module and the two Soyuz spacecraft currently docked to the orbital complex. Padalka also worked with the BIOEMULSION experiment, a Russian effort to develop technology to produce microorganisms safely for bacterial, fermental and medical preparations.

Come together from the beginning the participation of the DXpedition K5D the method of Ham Satellite. And following in the Spotts www.issfanclub.com webpage, I noticed that the Mike Fincke, NA1SS had some calls and had not in K5D succeed. So I decided to send an email ( 24/02/2009 ) to Mike, NA5U ( KP1-P5 Project Leader ), informing him that the astronaut was calling Desecho Island.

Mike, NA5U kindly sent me an email reporting that the settings of the setup probably would not be correct, but he comes in contact with the team in K5D Desecho Island.

Audio File: 

Mike K5D info2.mp3

Location: Shanghai, China
Rig: FT-897
Antenna: X-510 Vertical 15mh

Audio File: 

BD4CZX_NA1SS_20090326_BJT 2206_voice_B.mp3