On Sunday, November 21, 2010, Commander Doug Wheelock gave a tour of the ISS ham radio setup and QSO's. The video is about 20 minutes long and the QSO's start about 12:30 minutes into the video. So far, the video has been shown on NASA's web site & on NASA TV multiple times on Tuesday, November 23.

Here's the link to NASA's youtube link:

I'm honored to be one of his contacts during the video.

73, Brian KD0EXV

Earlier I had posted the audio of my 28th contact with Col Doug Wheelock on board the ISS. As I mentioned, he was ready for some good food and I will be fedexing him BBQ when he lands. here is a link to see the news story that aired on wmc tv in memphis, tn

73. Tom W5KUB

The original VHF and UHF Ericsson handheld radios in the Russian segment of the ISS originally used for ARISS have been approved by NASA for use in the US segment of the space station. When the Ericsson radios are installed in the Columbus module it will become the second Amateur Radio station aboard the ISS. A new power cable for the Ericsson radios is being delivered to the ISS.

A t least one operator has reported hearing a beep beep while the station was passing overhead on 145.800 MHz.

This is more than likely the Russian ET Shadow experiment being carried out. I have not had any updates regards this for some years now, but there is still plenty of information online about it, and it would seem things are still transpiring forward, although at a slower pace than would be desired.

Head of to your fav search engine and do a search for ET Shadow, have a read.

God Speed to ISS Expedition 25

QSO - 26SEP10 2230 UTC
Pacific Northwest - CN85ON
International Space Station - Expedition 25

I got to pass along "Good Wishes" from a buddy of Col Wheelock's. They flew helicopters when Col Wheelock was a 1LT. What a pleasure it was to complete this email request in a timely manner!

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Check out the video, and other ISS QSO videos, in high definition on my YouTube Channel - USNERDOC:
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ISS Expedition 25

NASA Astronauts:
• Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 Commander

Remember the happy birthday song from space? Doug Wheelock did it again! As he has promised he took a picture of the Iberian peninsula and sent it down on twitpic mentioning his Ham Radio Friends in Spain and Portugal.

A view of the Iberian Peninsula, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, and northern Africa . A special ‘shout out’ to my Ham Radio friends in Spain and Portugal: Fabiano, Paolo and Marco! Looks like a splendid summer afternoon, I am looking forward to our next contact. My very best wishes…

As Kenneth N5VHO tells us from his twitter account the Russian MATI-75 experiment is expected to restart the ISS SSTV activity on September 13th and 14th between 1200 and 1600 UTC each day.

Hi!

NASA has posted 3 photos taken on Sunday (5 September) of Doug Wheelock using the ISS ham gear. It's also nice to see the captions identify the radio as a "ham radio system", instead of just a "communications system" as has been done in similar photos in the past. Here are links to the photos:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0...

73!

Update: FYI, after contact with NA1SS - Doug Wheelock and asking weather or not he and his crew have been spotting and photograghing Hurricane in the Atlantic he told me go and check out the pics on his Twitter page.
When I went there I was amazed by what I saw...what a dangerous looking hurricane...you can see what he has posted on Twitter by going to: http://twitter.com/astro_wheels

Hope this is of interest to all of us who have been listening and talking with Col. Doug Wheelock - NA1SS.

B/RGS - Derek VE1WRG/VE1WX

END OF MESSAGE

Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson switched their spacesuits to battery power at 8:27 a.m. EDT, signaling the start of the second of three spacewalks focused on removing the ammonia pump module that failed July 31 and putting its replacement in place. Today's spacewalk is expected to last about six hours.

This is the fifth spacewalk for Wheelock, who is wearing the suit bearing the red stripes, and the second for Caldwell Dyson, who is wearing the unmarked suit.