Astronaut Susan Helms KC7NHZ Activates NA1SS
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Astronaut Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, recently put smiles on the faces of a number
of US hams. Reports from several amateurs indicate that she's made several
casual voice contacts from her perch aboard the International Space Station.
Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, was one of the stations who made contact with Helms on
April 20. He reports she had a great signal. Also reporting contacts were
Tom Blubaugh, N7HXP, Samuel Danner, N3MPE (who worked NA1SS for the second
time), and Stan Vandiver, W4SV (who posted audio from his QSO on his Web
site, http://stan.vandiver.com). Helms also was active on April 23. Several
stations have managed to connect with the ISS packet system, still operating
as "NO CALL". Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reports he worked a male operator at the
NA1SS mike on April 25.
As of April 27, the ARRL had received QSL card requests for two Expedition
One FM voice contacts and four Expedition Two FM voice contacts (along with
several dozen SWL reports for both missions), plus eight "NO CALL" packet
encounters.
With the STS-100 mission under way, four of the five space agencies involved
in building the space station are now represented on board. Endeavour's crew
includes Italian Umberto Guidoni of the European Space Agency, Russian Yuri
Lonchakov--who's been granted the call sign RS1ISS--and Canadian Chris
Hadfield as well as US astronauts Kent Rominger, Jeffrey Ashby, John
Phillips and Scott Parazynski, who's KC5RSY.
Endeavour docked with the ISS April 21. It's return flight was delayed at
least a day and possibly two because of the ISS computer difficulties. It's
not known if either of the hams from Endeavour planned to do voice QSOs
while aboard the ISS. There is no amateur gear installed aboard the shuttle.
Here are the QSL routes for W/VE stations working NA1SS: US stations QSL to
Margie Bourgoin, KB1DCO, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Canadian
stations QSL to Radio Amateurs of Canada, 720 Belfast Rd--Suite 217, Ottawa,
ON K1G 0Z5. A self-addressed, stamped envelope is required to get a QSL in
return.--ANS; news reports
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by N6TGK on April 28, 2001
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What frequencies are they using for contacts?
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by KD5NOI on April 28, 2001
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I think voice is 144.490 uplink and 145.8 downlink.I could be wrong or it may have changed. That downlink is also used for packet but I forget what the packet uplink is as I dont use packet.
Hope this helps
John Critz
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by W5ACM on April 30, 2001
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The packet uplink is 145.99 MHz. Additional Note: When they are not making "general" ham contacts with the 145.80 MHz downlink, tune around. I have heard them on 145.835 MHz.
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by KC7QN on May 1, 2001
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Hi Gang,
I would like to get the ISS orbit ephemerides. Does someone know where I can get the Orbit Elements for ISS?
Thanks
Larry
KC7QN
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RE: Astronaut Susan Helms KC7NHZ Activates NA1SS
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by KB2SMS on May 2, 2001
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Send an EMPTY e-mail message (nothing typed in the subject line or message body) to: tlelist-subscribe@idb.com.au
You will get a message back, simply reply to it following it's instructions, and you'll be all set and sent another confirmation/info message.
Larry Wrote:
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by KC7QN on May 1, 2001 Mail this to a friend!
Hi Gang,
I would like to get the ISS orbit ephemerides. Does someone know where I can get the Orbit Elements for ISS?
Thanks
Larry
KC7QN"
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RE: Astronaut Susan Helms KC7NHZ Activates NA1SS
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by KC2HOQ on May 4, 2001
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The following URL will give you the current flight of the ISS and Soyuz craft.
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast06may99_1.htm
Once this page loads, scroll down and double click on J-Pass 2.0, when the next screen opens, enter your ZIP code. When the next screen opens check the current time zone and make sure it corrolates with your time. Go to the top left of the screen and double click on J-Track
When this screen opens if you go down to the radio button Config. this will bring up a list of items that are tracking on the screen. If you highlight the ones you don't want to view and then click on Remove you will only be viewing the Station and Soyuz. If the tracking path doesn't come up correctly just click on the map and it will show the correct path. You can follow the current path and clicking on any location will give you the time that the ISS would be in that location. Good Luck !
Susan Helms has been on and so had Dennis Tito (our paying Russian tourist). I haven't heard the Russian commander Yury Usachev (UA9AD) or Dennis Tito (KG6FZX) but they are supposidly on.
Don't be dissapointed, most of the time, here in the US at least, I only hear packet signals being sent down on the download frequency.
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