ISS was Active on voice this evening over Europe!
On the 1900 UTC pass over Europe, many made voice contacts! I was on MSN messenger voice with Cor, PD0RKC when he made his FIRST ISS QSO with Mike Finke. Boy, was Cor excited! See
http://www.qsl.net/pd0rkc/

There has also been HEAVY Aurora from the past solar flares. Aurora enhances VHF propagation.....

Hello All,

This was the moment that I have been waited a long time for!
Today the ISS was not active in packet so I thought there was a change to made a voice contact!
And yesssss after several calls Mike reply on my callsign PD0RKC.
He sayd some dutch words: dankjewel Holland (means thanks) greetings to my school mate Andre Kuipers (dutch ISS astronaut).
And he sayd we have a special place for the netherlands in our hart!
This day I will never forget!
I have an short audio recording on my website!
http://www.qsl.net/pd0rkc

73's Cor PD0RKC

My window for reception of ISS ham downlink was between 0359 UTC and 0409 UTC.Actual reception lasted 2minutes longer than expected!Nearest range was 484 miles j-trak.Range 2175 miles + when lost contact with solid S-9 signal strength packet!Earlier solar storm enhancement may account for the over horizon reception!
73,WPZZ463