Why there is no any beacon on amateur frequencies on board ISS ? A 24 X 7 cw/message beacon
would inspire particularly school children during visual sightings and ham radio demo at schools. Is there
any specific reason for not having one on such a magnificiant bird.

73 de Mani, VU2WMY

Has anyone heard anything about SuitSat-2? The only information I can find is the two articles on the [url=http://suitsat.org/]SuitSat website[/url]. I thought it was supposed to be launched in late 2007/early 2008, but evidently not.

HELLO EVERYBODY!
I AM LOOKING THE WEB ADRRESS TO ORDER AN ARROW ANTENNA!
DOES ANYBODY KNOWS SOMETHING?
73's
de
SV3EXT

Hello everyone.
Like many people, I do not know the possibility of using motorized antennas in elevation.
Able to use only antennas with vertical polarization must now update my system antennas.
At the time of MIR I used with satisfaction antenna type DISCONE, but the fact of working with a large band penalizes lot yield and introduces unwanted disturbances.
I replaced the DISCONA with a V2000 I found that the signals for high angles of reception have deteriorated.
With its faults the DISCONE was better for this type of use.
Now I do not have any antenna, as well as for HF, and I think about how to implement the part for the V / UHF.

The amateur radio gear on the ISS is scheduled to be powered off to support docking operations of 29P on Friday, May 16.

Kenneth - N5VHO