Hello all,

its not yet confirmed, but we expect NA1SS to have worked 91 different DXCC entities.
Today, on a special pass organized by the NA1SS DXCC Team, he worked: ZB3, LB, TK, EW, S57, T77, 5B8, YU.
In other passes Bill worked HL, HP, PY0S, ST, 5Z.
Thanks for everyone who provided information.
Let's keep up with the good work to reach the DXCC goal!

Alain
IZ6BYY/WW3WW

For three days i try tell my friend Joca PS7JN on this island about the frequency to talk to NA1SS and yesterday Bill make a nice QSO.

Bill McArthur talk Joca PS7JN/PY0S yesterday, on St Peter & St Paul Rocks, More information about this wonderfoul small Lighthouse island visit:

http://www.geocities.com/ps7jn/

After two passes i ask to Bill:
-Bill did you worked PY0S today?
-Afirmative!

Congratulations Joca PS7JN and Bill McArthur NA1SS to this great contact.
I not record QSO because the island is close of my QTH, maybe Joca was record the audio, when joca returns i will request if have the audio file.

Special Thanks to Alain, Kenneth and Cor, also to Ed PS7DX to help on this sked.

73 PY5RX Fabiano
www.py5rx.tk

listen to the audio file:
http://py5rx.brtdata.com.br/files/py5rx_qso6_28jan2006_2045.zip

Ted, 5Z4NU, reports today working Bill at 1300z and hearing the T2 contact, adding 2 more to the DXCC count.

Received from Kenneth G. Ransom, N5VHO:

For those who have been following Bill McArthur's attempt to work 100+ DXCC entities, here is the list of worked entities as of Jan 23.
If you are not on the list, please give Bill a call and help him reach his goal. Information is available at the links at the bottom of the page.

According to reports on AMSAT-BB and SAREX, Bill McArthur has worked Alaska
and now has talked to all 50 states in the United States.

Congratulations Bill on getting WAS from space!

He continues to seek out new DXCC entities and can still use many from the
Caribbean. His current DXCC count as of Jan 17 was 68.

73,
Kenneth - N5VHO

It looks like Bill McArthur has started serious DXing. He really wants to achieve the DXCC while in space and he is actively trying to complete this goal.
Various operators reported in the last few days Bill calling particular countries (Northern Ireland, Bermuda ecc...) and in the last pass over Europe I head him beginning the voice activity calling "CQ Norway". After a few calls GI6ATZ replied.
Not Norway, but still a new one...

Tonight 21/Jan/2006 at 22:45utc my wife Juliana PY5JMJ talk with NA1SS. The file is on my webpage, you can download here:

http://www.py5rx.brtdata.com.br

Congratulations Juliana PY5JMJ
send email to julianamjm@hotmail.com

73 PY5RX Fabiano

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has announced that the International Space Station crew is tentatively scheduled to deploy "SuitSat" Thursday, February 2. Possibly the most unusual Earth satellite ever, SuitSat consists of a surplus Russian Orlan space suit converted into a transmit-only satellite with an FM downlink frequency of 145.990 MHz. Using the call sign RS0RS, it will transmit voice messages, telemetry and an SSTV image on a nine-minute cycle as it orbits Earth.

Hello All,

At 15-01-2006 was the ISS UHF weekend.
I heard Bill replied to Roger (MW0IDX) which was operating from -
his car with a little mobile whip antenna!!!

As reported by Keith ZS6TW from South Africa, ISS Astronaut Bill McArthur claimed today to have contacted stations from each continent on UHF.
Bill already performed WAC worthy contacts on VHF and is now working to get the DXCC.
Congratulations Bill!