End-to-end testing of the new Kenwood radio is completed. The radioamateur community is waiting for Energia to give its final clearance by December 8, maybe earlier.

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ISS packet was on @ 2250z 18/11/03 on an eastcoast pass off Maine, I hit it twice but, either there is'nt any digis listening or it was to far off shore.
I've hit the station many times in the past while its far off the eastcoast to use the mailbox an worked Bill CU2JL on the Azores via ISS.
Nice to hear some voice an packet again,..soon my friends it will be better then ever with phase II ops coming. 73 all de Mark KB1GVR.

As you probably noted in the last few days the Packet Radio system has been turned on and off again.
Various operators from all over the world reported RS0ISS operating normally for a few hours.
Unfortunately the PMS is now back off the air.
It looks like we still have some problems up there...

Belgium's Thierry Lombry, ON4SKY, is presenting a neatly redesigned Web page concerning the "ET Shadow" experiment of Russia's TsNIIMash (Central Research Institute for Machine Building).

All radioamateurs and radio listeners around the world are welcome to participate in this exciting upcoming experiment.

FULL STORY ON : ISS «ET Shadow Experiment»

Greetings

Mario, VA2VA

Miles Mann (MAREX-MG) reports on the SAREX newsletter that astronaut Mike Foale will fix the packet radio if he gets permission to integrate the repair in his work schedule.

Full story on the SAREX Mailing List

ZL2CIA reports on AMSAT-BB:

«The digipeater on the ISS seems to be working again. I heard my own packets (shown below) returned on 145.800.

from KB1GVR

09 / 08 / 03 AT 1300z PACKET ON

Raw packet: KB1GVR>MARK,RS0ISS,qAo,N0AN:=4436.18N/06826.92W-Hello via ISS

ISS PASS @ 1300z but no * yet heard by N0AN IGate and did'nt change ISS
Heard list ??? it was on the pass before but still seems like the squelch is set tight.

By Frank H. Bauer:

"Those of you who were on the air on Sunday, August 24 are aware that the
packet system was re-activated by Yuri around 12:00 UTC. Shortly
thereafter, the ARISS team received reports from the general ham community
that the packet system was operational[...]"
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The RS0ISS packet system aboard the International Space Station has not been functioning for some time. But ARISS International Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said he still hopes the current crew of Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Ed Lu, KC5WKJ, can turn on and reconfigure the packet module before the Expedition 8 crew arrives in October [...]
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PY2FFZ reports ISS active on packet the 24/Aug/2003 at 20:00Z on sat-fm@yahoogrupos.combr
73s

LU2FFD