Heard several successful contacts via crossband repeater on ISS with several stations. 1815 local time Houston.

I have a question for the group.... I've noticed lately that people are connecting to the ISS BBS on most every pass.....and I've also noticed that the stations that are connecting are new calls that I haven't seen before. Have they just not read...or done any leg work to understand accepted protocol ....?? I thought I read awhile ago that people using the BBS should use the later passes....is this etched in stone or do I just need to accept the fact that I can't digi my aprs info during these passes?

Any help in clearing this up would be greatly appreciated....

Thanks;
Gary N2NRJ

I just read this fun story and watched a neat video with Dan Tani and Peggy Whitson here. It's nice to see them getting the chance to just relax every now and then.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=120554

Jan 24 2008, 22:50 UTC, orbit 52576 +59mins

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For all of you that are still waiting for their certificates, please make sure that you forwarded your coordinates and reception reports to the ARISS delegate of your region/organization. The information will be collected and forwarded to the ARISS chair for processing.

For a list of the current delegates please go to: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arissinf.htm

Hope this helps.

73, Stefan VE4NSA

Greetings all-
I guess this has to be the minute of highest stress, as my D710 is 48 hours old,
The ISS just past overhead and I have no idea what I'm doing. I've spent 4 days combing through the web for some kind of site that actually puts more than one element of this INCREDIBLY EXCITING mode on a web page. All I find is idea fragments, anecdotal references and after the fact -YeHaw I did it's. The last time I felt like this was 1990 when I asked a friend "So, how do you operate the internet?". I'm as savvy as they get technically, but I can see -there is no place to get any traction in the basic concepts of "what the heck is going on here".

I successfully connected to the ISS bbs and uploaded a message using only a 2.5W Jingtong radio and homemade J-Pole antenna!

The J-Pole antenna was strung up in a tree in the garden, under which i sat with my radio and laptop. Living in Cape Town, South Africa means I have the ISS to myself on most passes.

Just proving its possible!

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LU1HVK 14-Mar-26 07:40:55
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CX1AQN 14-Mar-26 09:18:29
PU2PYC 14-Mar-26 09:20:11
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162 41 /0852 PU2UDX>ALL hello all
140 199 Y 23-Feb/1720 RK3DXB>E20YJC Hallo!
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Thank You / 73
E20YJC

G'day folks,
here is the message list that I just downloaded from the ISS.

I didn't get the complete list, so consider it an update to the last.

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Jan 12 2008 11:30 UTC
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PMS message list from ISS while over Australia.

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