for all , i translate with google the article for the investigation why in this periodes the signals from ISS is low...

complete report of investigation by AMSAT-I and the RTX abord ISS and the external position for the ham-radio antenna

in the article in my web site here :

http://rodolfo-parisio.jimdo.com/nuovi-articoli-2015/

sorry for the not good english but is by google translate
from italian to english language !

PS in the middle in the yellow section "RADIOAMATORI - HAM-RADIO"

you try my freeware article :

"Famous ham-radio & VIPs in the world "

Always breathtakingly beautiful. Brightest object in the sky. Nice pass ISS!
Even if I can't say hi by ham radio I can at least hear that lightning fast silence slide by in a twinkle and a wiggle before tucking back into the vapors.

hi there,

we are musicians/artists and are currently working on a piece called 'calling the cosmos' which is all about connecting with space sonically, using spirit radios, field recordings and found sounds. it is conceptual in many ways but we would love to explore the possibility of arranging an actual contact with ISS at a specific time during a live performance - would anyone have any advice on this or know if it would be possible?

many thanks,
hannah & stephen

In June just arrived abord two news ham-radio !

The american astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS and the Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX

When this 2 news come on in the ISS there are 4 ham-radio :

Mikhail Kornienko, RN3BF ( Stay abord 1 year ! )

Gennady Padalka, RN3DT ( just received on 145.800 for two time ! ) is the commander

Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX - next arrive -

Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS - next arrive -

PS in november 2015 arrived a “very” ham-radio (??) english with call GB1ISS.