Archive - Jan 2003 - Story
January 5th
Don on ISS voice over USA
Don was active on voice from the ISS this morning on the 13:12 -> 13:26 pass.
I hear him chatting with a station in Port Orchard, Wa.
Don on voice over USA and Packet ON
A big thanks to Scott WA6LIE for reporting the actual situation of the Ham Radio station onboard ISS.
13:15 UTC PACKET SYSTEM is ON
Don also on voice over USA!
Your reports are very useful because here in Europe we will have ISS first pass only for this night at 01:29 UTC. We hope to have other news during next pass over USA.
73 de IK1SLD Claudio
for the ISS FanClub Staff
January 4th
Chicago Youngsters Enjoy End-of-Year ARISS QSO
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school and educational contacts resumed in late December after a hiatus to change crews. Expedition 6 Crew Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, spoke December 29 via NA1SS with a dozen youngsters visiting Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago.
Full Story
ISS Status Report - Jan. 3, 2003
The Year 2003 began quietly for the International Space Station Expedition 6 crew. Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit crossed the international date line 15 times during the last day of 2002, officially greeting the new year at midnight Greenwich Mean Time during their sleep shift.
Packet users requested to not send e-mail messages to ISS crew
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, has requested that amateurs refrain from sending e-mail to the ISS crew via the onboard RS0ISS Personal Message System (PMS).....
ISS exhibit in Mobile, Al.
The City of Mobile, Alabama is hosting a 4 month long exhibit of the
International Space Station in their new Science Exploreum building.
The exhibit consists of a full scale.....
January 3rd
Amateur Radio Station onboard OFF
Hello, since January 1, 2003 at 17:13 UTC we haven't received any transmission from ISS Amateur Radio Station.
Probably the Crew forgot to change the mode to packet after the voice contact over USA or after ARISS scheduled contact, but we are not sure.
Have you any VOICE report after Jan. 1, 2003 at 17:13 UTC ?
Latest frames received from Space were:.....
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2003-01-03
Ecole Immaculle Conception, Brest, France, Direct
2003-01-08 07:37 UTC
Sacajawea Middle School, Montana, Direct
2003-01-08 15:19 UTC
Check out NASA Human Space Flight
At http://spaceflight.nasa.gov for visable sightings in your city.
This is a great site. I visit it all the time to get visable listings for my city.
Alot of other good information here also.
73 Doug (KC8FKS)
January 1st
MARCONI Wireless Centennial - Jan. 11-19, 2003
MARCONI WIRELESS CENTENNIAL – January 11-19, 2003
Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi’s First Wireless transmission between the United States and Europe on January 11 – 19, 2003.