The Expedition 11 crewmembers successfully conducted emergency response training Wednesday, simulating a quick depressurization of the Station's crew quarters. This week they continue to conduct experiments, maintain International Space Station systems and stow supplies recently delivered by Space Shuttle Discovery.

Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips are also wrapping up their post-spacewalk activities this week, stowing equipment, cleaning spacesuits and reconfiguring the Pirs docking compartment's airlock.

In addition to marking the fifth anniversary of this uninterrupted presence of men and women in space, the crewmembers also will bring the Station into the new year and welcome the resumption of Space Shuttle flights to their home in orbit.

The six-month-plus stay of Expedition 12 will focus on Station assembly preparations, maintenance and science in microgravity.

Congratulations to ESA French astronaut Leopold Eyharts who took and passed his amateur radio exam! His new callsign is KE5FNO. Eyharts is a backup crew member for Expedition 12.

http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm

I've been busy with collecting doppler-PSK idea's for Ham Radio De Luxe software (HRD).
The good news is that Simon (HRD designer) told me that he is willing to work on this option, so I asume we can expect soon the PSK-doppler correction option in the new HRD versions.
In case you have some idea's for - Hamradio De Luxe (HRD) let us know!
If you do not have experiance with - HRD (or doppler) maybe you know some people who have!!! Please let him (or them) know about the PSK-doppler project! Technical comments in this are welcome! Hamradio De Luxe website: http://hrd.ham-radio.ch/
Please your comments to: isszarya@hotmail.com

Regards: Cor PD0RKC
http://pd0rkc.mine.nu

We are looking for a volunteer satellite packet
station in Hawaii that is interested in helping withtelemetry and sat-gating of PCSAT2 and
ARISS packets. Requirements are:

1) General familiarity with packet
2) TNC connected to a cross band radio that
can RX on UHF and TX on VHF.
3) modest UHF beam and rotator system.

Thanks
Bob, WB4APR