I have had the good luck of making my first ISS contacts over the past two weeks -- four contacts! It was very exciting!

Just for fun I looked up the callsign NA1ISS in the FCC database at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/callsign.cfm, and the response is [No Match for this Callsign in the Database! "NA1ISS" not found in FCC Databases].

Interestingly, it seems that the FCC rules (47 CFR 97.119(a)) specifically exclude a space station from the requirement to identify itself.

So I was just wondering... is the callsign "NA1ISS" just something that somebody made up?

Col. Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) works U.S., Mexican, and Cuban stations on 03 October 2010 at 1749 UTC. Stations worked include the following: Eddie (probably KE5AGH), N5JRW, KG9OC, KC9LNZ, KF5ETG (in Baytown, TX), ?EM, KB9?, ?LNL (in Galveston Bay, TX), ?ISS (in Cancun) and CO5LU.

10 Degree pass for me, so a bit scratchy.

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Col. Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) wks U.S., Mexican and Cuban stations