With the recent news that the tracked debris count from F1C has risen to over 300 pieces .... and unofficial
estimates that there may be tens of thousands of bits out there , I'm wondering what level of threat this poses to the forthcoming EVAs ?

At least one piece of debris has already come within a few kilometres of the station. Does anyone know if there are any contingency
measures in place to minimise the risk to the crew ?

John

Hello all,
I have not received any packet fro some time now, the station will be passing my location ( Bunbury/Western Australia ) at 13:45 z , I'll have my eyes and ears open, hopfully I'll see it at least.

John

ARISS Event - Winnebago Public School
Winnebago Public School is located on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Nebraska and has been slated for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, January 25 at 14:18 UTC.

Amateur radio operators will be invited to present to the students such topics as propagation, solar flares, and signal bouncing. Hands on activities are planned.

A competition will be held among 9-12 grade students in order to choose the questions that will be asked of the astronaut. Grades K-12 will compete to design the school's QSL (contact) card.

HI EVERIBODY.

CULD SOMEONE TELL ME IF ITS POSSIBLE TO ADD KEPLERIAN DATA OF ANDE RAFT ON
ORBITRON SAT-TRACKING SOFTWARE.

.....AND MORE SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS SATS....

I'LL FORWARDIN THANKS EVERYONE EXLAIN ME

LUCA

Hello for all.

The packet/aprs digi on ISS is active or not?

I have tried to listen for many days but without happening ...

I have lost some news?

many thanks for all..

73's de IZ5ILU Massimiliano

See: http://spaceweather.com/

"Comet McNaught is now visible in broad
daylight. 'It's fantastic,' reports Wayne Winch
of Bishop, California. 'I put the sun behind a
neighbor's house to block the glare and the
comet popped right into view. You can even
see the tail!'
Just hours ago, Mark Vornhusen took this
picture of the comet between clouds over
Gais, Switzerland
This weekend is a special time for Comet
McNaught because it is passing close to the sun.
Solar heat is causing the comet to vaporize
furiously and brighten to daylight visibility. At
magnitude -4 to -5, McNaught is the brightest

Did I miss something here or did no-one know about this contact until after it was made? It would have been nice to get some warning on the site and maybe listen in or possibly catch these guys later if they still had the radio on voice as any contact with ISS is a rarity.

I have updated the list at http://www.issfanclub.com/dxcc-list to show countries that have submitted cards and are confirmed. Looks to be about 30 at this point (Jan 5, 2007).

It would be really nice to get the other 70 cards in before May 2007 (just in case Bill attends Dayton).

I still need to check recheck with the other bureaus but ARRL confirms they have received none since my last inquiry back in Sept, 2006.

Kenneth - N5VHO

Which is 29667 or 29662 ANDE keps ?
Can you hear now ANDE beacons ?