Amazing!

At 0839UTC, observing from Barbados, I saw what is, in my opinion,...The ninth wonder of the modern World....

Saw both the Shuttle and the ISS, flying in formation. Just a fraction of a second apart, but both dots of light clearly visible.

ISS was shining brilliantly. Almost as bright as Jupiter (which it appeared to pass close to from my viewing location). The shuttle was leading it by just a half, or quarter of a second or so.

Perfect view for the first half of the pass. The second half, from the highest point all the way down to the horizon, was obscured by cloud.

Well, at least someone got to talk to them.

President Obama speaks with STS-135, ISS crews
http://bit.ly/q9Ufka

I read a previous post regarding the repeater, and got to thinking:

If the issue with mode switching from packet to repeater has not been occurring simply because the present crew are unaware of how to do so with the equipment as it is now configured (as someone suggested in the earlier post)... might I suggest:

Does anyone with a NASA connection have a means of communicating to the hams who are due to board in the next few waves of crew swap-outs to express the interest in having the repeater station activated occasionally? An e-mail address for the oncoming crewmembers, even?

Hey how do i completely know about what is ISS and what are its functions.And moreover let me know how ISS operates its agency

Howdy,

I haven't been able to access the http://www.ariss.net URL for a
few days. Perhaps the DNS registration has expired...

You can access the APRS-IS data (for the ISS) here:
www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi

GL, and thanks to the good folks at findu and aprs.fi for
the great job they do with their web sites.

73,
Guy - W6MSU

I am using a laptop and I am not able to "change location" from your home page once I login. It pulls up a google map but it is blank. I would like to enter my location (Biloxi, MS) so I can calculation the next ISS pass.

Can anyone help?

Gus.

Hi,

I have been trying to call the ISS without success. Of course I just have a base antenna, but the rig has 50W, and the comet antenna is up 38 feet. It seems hard to know when the astronauts would be listening to the rig to respond, like when are their their relaxation times?

My main question is, when I go to the Nasa website, and look up viewing opportunities for my town, it only lists one per day or less, but the locater app on your website shows it coming overhead much more often. What gives?

Thanks,
Kit

LU 5DFO saw the ISS again over La Plata city before sunrise, Mon 2011-07-11,from 09.41 to 09.43 ours UTC 26 degree elevation, altitude 391 km,minimum distance 894 km mag -2.1 not signals packet 145.825 wit some clouds in the sky.-

Venezuela forgotten, but never could hear the ISS passed in voice mode for our country, really do not know why and we are always very attentive to a contact of this nature.
YY6IEA.

LU 5DFO saw the ISS over La Plata city, before sunrise sat 2011-07-09, from 09.56 to 10.02 ours UTC 59 degree elevation, altitude 391 km,speed 7679 m/s, minimum distance 456 km,mag -3.3, weak signals packet 145.825, with clear sky.