Good day, The packet system is back online. I have had 2 good passes this morning,@1100 & 1230 utc). HAVE FUN ! 73, RON, CN98,N7SIJ@AOL.COM

HELLO TO ALL WELL IN PUERTO RICO KP3A AND WP3OD IS TEST A PATCH FOR UI-VIWE FOR TELEMETRY YOU CAN DOWLOAD THE PATCH FOR UI-VIWE IN www.ui-view.net THIS PACH CAN DECODER THE TELEMETRY OF THE ISS AND THE PCSAT 2 TNX WP3OD

Just FYI - here's a low technology method that has worked the last few days to connect to the ISS for PMS and digipeating. I have an ICOM 229H connected to an old KPC-3 with a magnet mount antenna placed on a metal roof angled north. I use the windows terminal emulator HyperTerminal for software. I wasn't expecting this to work but it does the job very well.

Rich Lovin, N7VIY

The 0134 UTC 05/22/05 Packet reception over my QTH in Daleville, AL,USA was 59+ signal strength and no delays. The callsigns rcvd, KC4ONA, KC0IRG, KA9SCF, WA1ZHM, K4IPH, KG4ZYY, W5EZ, AC4YC, KB1GVR, KC8YJB, W8SNE, WA1ZHM and KB1KOX. The bonus was when I realized my Palm M515(running PocketSat+) was displaying a visiable track! I walked outside the hamshack to view the most beautiful awestruke sighting of ISS at .2 mag! My first visual sighting euphoria was simular to watching the Apollo Moon landings on TV as a child-eyewatering and speechless.
73's de KI4JVK

Msg from Kenneth, N5VHO:
I observed this morning, April 1 ( No Foolin'), that a station successfully connected to the ISS packet mailbox (RS0ISS-11) and I was able to confirm that the BBS system had returned to operation on the next pass. The mailbox system has been down for the past several weeks due to unknown reasons. Previous attempts to recover the BBS utilizing power cycling were unsuccessful.

The Kenwood radio on ISS was changed over to 145.825 shortly after a successful contact over England at 1254 UTC. PCSAT and ISS will have several extended periods when the satellites will be in view of each other. One such pass beginning about 2206 UTC today (Feb. 2) looks to be promising for joint operations over N. America.
PLEASE, no unattended operations due to PCSAT's power budget.

The ISS should remain on 145.825 until Feb 10.

Enjoy!
Kenneth - N5VHO

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

I received intermiteing Packet tones in Lower alabama usa on July 21 04 between 2142-2151(utc).Antenna used omni-discone with swr 1:5.J-trak close approach at less than 450 miles. 73,wpzz463

From the ISS Packet Beacon:
- It's a girl!Tarali Fincke -

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO: ...Astronaut Mike Finke got word on Friday that he is a new father. Tarali Paulina Fincke was born on June 18, 2004 to proud parents, Mike and Renita Fincke. They also have 1 son, Chandra.

The following is from JSC Today, courtesy of Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO:

"Her name is Tarali Paulina and Tara is the Indian dialect meaning star," Fincke radioed to Mission Control, shortly after the birth.....

ON6MU has released a new UISS version which has some impressive new features. UISS can be downloaded at his -website-