ISS Packet System changes call sign for Mail box - ISS to Change Frequency for APRS test - Mail from Commander Valery Korzun on ISS - Shuttle Launched

By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-NA News
Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division
ISS Amateur Radio Status: October 8, 2002
ISS Packet System changes call sign for Mail box and APRS test.

Today new parameters were loaded in to the PMS as part of a planed procedure. The call sign of the PMS mail box has changed from RS0ISS to RS0ISS-1 (rs ZERO iss dash ONE). The old call RS0ISS is not being used. If you connect to the RS0ISS port, all of you data will go into the giant bit bucket in the sky.

Commander Valery also posted two packet mail messages about the upcoming shuttle docking and the APRS test later this week.
The frequency of ISS will also change for a short time to 145.825 SIMPLEX for all packet operations. I have attached a copy of Bob Bruninga's memo regarding the APRS test.

CLICK here to read Bob Bruninga message
Mail from Commander Valery Korzun on ISS:

RS0ISS-1>WF1F [10/08/02 15:01:58]: >:
Msg # Stat Date Time To From @ BBS Subject
5 P 02/10/08 19:00 RS0ISS WF1F welcome shuttle
4 B 02/10/08 18:53 TODOS HR1VOZ Visiten !
3 P 02/10/08 18:22 ALL RS0ISS SHUTTL STS-112 ARRIVING
1 P 02/10/08 17:57 ALL RS0ISS THE PACKET'S FREQUENCY OF ISS!!

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Stat : PR
Posted : 02/10/08 18:22
To : ALL
>From : RS0ISS
@ BBS :
xID :

Subject: SHUTTL STS-112 ARRIVING

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOCK WITH SHUTTL TOMORROW AT 17:25 GMT. WE
WILL
HAVE 10 DAYS JOIN ACTIVITY. WE WILL INSTALL NEW PIECE OF TRUSS (S1),
PROVIDE 3 SPACE WALK, TRANSFER EQUIPMENT TO ( FROM) SHUTTL, HAVE PARTYS
ONBORD ISS AND SHUTTL. YOU HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE VOIS CONTACTS
WITH NEW SPACE' HAMS. DON'T FORGET WE ARE GOING TO USE DIFFERENT
FRIQYUENCY NEXT WEEK!73. CDR VALERY.RZ3FK

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Stat : PR
Posted : 02/10/08 17:57
To : ALL
>From : RS0ISS
@ BBS :
xID :

Subject: THE PACKET'S FREQUENCY OF ISS!!!

WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE TEST WITH PACKET MODULE VIA SATELITE DURING THE
NEXT WEEK.THE PACKET FREQUENCY WILL BE ( FOR ISS): UP 145.825, DOWN
145.825.THE FREQUENCY WILL BE CHANGE AT 9 OCTOBER ABOUT 22:00 GMT.
73.CDR VALERY.RZ3FK

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RS0ISS-1>WF1F [10/08/02 15:02:46]: >:
- Logged off

WF1F>RS0ISS-1 [10/08/02 15:02:47]: >:
RS0ISS-1>WF1F [10/08/02 15:02:51]: >:
*** DISCONNECTED
WF1F>RS0ISS-1 [10/08/02 15:02:52]: >:

ISS Visible:
The ISS will be visible this week over North America in the evening. There is also a shuttle launched planed for October 7 (heater repairs permitting). The day after the shuttle launches; it may be possible to
see the shuttle chasing the ISS for a day or so until it docks. Please check the NASA links below for schedule changes and visual sighting opportunities.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/

MISSION: STS-112 -- 15th ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment

Vehicle : Atlantis/OV-104
Target Launch Date : October 7, 2002 at 3:46 p.m. EDT
Target Landing Date: October 18, 2002 at 11:46 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration : 11 days
Crew Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin

Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

If you do not have a tracking program, please check the NASA web pages for tracking and Visibility data. There have been several good reports of very bright reflections from ISS.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/index.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/Sight...

Take care all and good luck and please be courteous.

73 Miles WF1F MAREX-NA
www.marex-na.org
Until we meet again
DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F