Hello,

I have read comments about how inactive the ham radio is at the moment on the iss and some have said this might be because of the lack of crew on board.In recent times i have listend to iss crew having general qso`s with other hams.It seems to me that some crew members might be more intersted in ham radio than other crew members.

Not heard anything from ARISSat-1 for several days now was wondering if it is still transmitting ?

I have just taken an interest in satellites and the ISS. I was wondering if/when the voice repeater is turned on. I would like to make a contact thru it, if possible. thanks and
73 de N1FBZ

Does anyone know if the hams on the ISS are doing regular QSO's (not scheduled school contacts)?

Also, do they have "free time" and if so, when?

Thanks and 73,

Shlomo, 4X4LF.

18.44 utc 143.625 mhz a man speaking in what sounded like Russian.

Some really fabulous SSTV images from ARISSat-1 being captured by folks on the ground. You can check them out at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/

Kenneth - N5VHO

I have heard and successfully digipeated via the UHF packet system on 437.55 (mind the Doppler) using the path of RS0ISS the past two days (Sep 12-13) using just a D7 and stock antenna. Beacon appears to be set for every 2 minutes. The signal was very weak and I had the squelch open.

Anybody else able to use the ISS digipeater on this frequency? Maybe using something with more gain?

Kenneth - N5VHO

Hi,

About 30 minutes after a sunset, I was ready to watch a predicted pass of the ISS. The sky was still blueish and I'm pretty sure I saw the ISS passing not bright at all. First, it appeared as predicted, flaring for a second and then it became just black. It was like a black dot flying at the same speed that I'm used to see for the ISS. I have very good eyes and I'm pretty sure it was not an airplane.

Can somebody tell me if it's possible to see the ISS as a black dot when the sky is still blue after sunset?

Thanks.
deerek4

Russian cargo flight to space station crashes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/24/us-russia-space-idUSTRE77N4F52...

A Russian spacecraft supplying six astronauts aboard the International Space Station failed to reach orbit on Wednesday and burned up in the atmosphere, its debris crashing in Siberia, Interfax news reported.

LU 5DFO saw again the ISS over La Plata city, before sunrise, Sun 2011-08-21, from NW to SE from 9.04 to 9.10 ours UTC, 71 degree elevation, altitude 403 Km, speed 7666 m/s, minimum distance 426 Km, mag -3.5, not signals packet, with clear sky.-