I had my 1st QSO with Bill on 12-10-05 at 1520 UTC.He said it was nice hearing fron Alabama and reported my signal as 5/9,which is amazing.I was operating the Kenwood TR-751A (25 watts maxium output) feeding 50 feet of RG 213 cable to a 20 foot elevation J-Pole Antenna! Excellent contact from the HOME TO ARMY AVIATION (FORT RUCKER-A U.S.A Army Heliocopter training base)Daleville, Alabama! Hopeful since Bill is GO ARMY my QSO made his day in a little way, it really made my weekend.
73 and Good Luck to Ya'll, KI4JVK-AMSAT Member 35876

Students from the Ralph McCall School in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada experienced a successful contact with the ISS on Friday, December 2. Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, answered 18 questions posed to him by eighteen students. The audience was comprised of 920 students from Ralph McCall, and 140 from the Chestermere School.

Hello All,

We have seen that Bill McAthur (ISS crew) made many voice contacts all over the world (he loves hamradio!).
Did you know that PY4MAB worked (in 3 years) 7 astronauts (aboard ISS) with a simple vertical (GP) antenna?

Congratulations to astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, who on Wednesday, November 30, passed his amateur radio license exam.

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

Russian space agency officials on Thursday, December 1, officially postponed the scheduled December 8 spacewalk by the Russian-American crew of the International Space Station. The December 8 spacewalk was originally scheduled to release SuitSat.

International Space Station Commander, Astronaut Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, has been very active on the NA1SS amateur radio station aboard the ISS over the past several days. Since November 23, NA1SS has made over 50 contacts during brief operating opportunities. This past week, reports from Turkey, South Africa, South America and North America indicated NA1SS was calling CQ and making contacts.

The next International Space Station's Expedition 12 ARISS school contact will be with students at the Sanderson High School in Sanderson, Texas, USA on Thursday, 08 December 2005. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:30 UTC.

From AMSAT Sarex reflector:
Wayne Harasimovitch- VE1WPH provided the following information:
The Ralph McCall event scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2005 will be carried LIVE on the main channel of IRLP 9010 "Discovery" Reflector (DTMF
input 9010), through streaming audio (shoutcast) on it's companion website

www.discoveryreflector.ca and by Echolink.
Event audio is planned to begin at 17:45 UTC however it may begin sooner depending on content. Joining sooner than latter is advised. We have made adjustments to the systems to allow for what is anticipated to be a large number of connections.

73,
Kenneth - N5VHO

On Tuesday, November 22, eighteen students attending the ESA CERN Geneva Science Festival each asked a question of Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, via the telebridge station, NN1SS, in Greenbelt, Maryland. The event was attended by approximately 300 students and teachers, and at least one television station and a professional photographer. ESA will edit and post a video of the contact on its website in the near future.

Bill was active today (Nov 30) during the 1855 UTC and 2130 UTC passes over N. America. It appears that he is trying to be on the air during his post work time. The crew schedule is posted at the link below and should help narrow down the possible times he could operate.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html

73
Kenneth - N5VHO