ISS Fan Club - Observing ISS

Beacon on board ISS

Fri, 30 May 2008 03:06:10 -0400

Why there is no any beacon on amateur frequencies on board ISS ? A 24 X 7 cw/message beacon
would inspire particularly school children during visual sightings and ham radio demo at schools. Is there
any specific reason for not having one on such a magnificiant bird.

73 de Mani, VU2WMY

ARROW ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE SATELITE OPERATIONS

Sun, 18 May 2008 10:23:08 -0400

HELLO EVERYBODY!
I AM LOOKING THE WEB ADRRESS TO ORDER AN ARROW ANTENNA!
DOES ANYBODY KNOWS SOMETHING?
73's
de
SV3EXT

Object leading ISS 29/March/08

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:07:50 -0400

Hello.

Last saturday, 29 March, I've been spotting ISS in naked eye, as I usually do as weather permits.
To get my observation opportunities I following a link from Heavens-Above, created based on my location, in the north of in Portugal.
Here is the link to last saturday's spotting: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=25544&lat=40.54305&lng=-8.05205&alt=317&loc=Naia&TZ=PWT&Date=39536.8096077849
Therefore, visible from aprox 19:23:02 to 19:28:44

Well, the sky was clearly fabulous, on that start of evening.
The stangest thing was that I saw a bright object, ca 1/10 the size of ISS, leading it by

John Locker on the NYT

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:53:46 -0500

John Locker is today interviewed by the New York Times.
Congratulations John, and keep up with the good work!

Read the article

Is it possible, that global heavy weather is being influenced by ISS and supportive Space Flights ?

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:02:26 -0400

klasse35 – October 10, 2007 – 00:18
At the European Meteorological Meeting"Sur La Physique des Nuages" in Clermont-Ferrand way back
in 1980 a NASA-Deputee gave a talk on (1981) upcoming shuttle start. (publ. as WO-PHYS-1980)
He named as Propellant some Ammonia-preparation /Ammonium-Perchlorate, NH4-Cl-O5/
in Combination with Aluminium-Oxyde as Oxygen-Donator and the Metal Al as Katalyst /Al2-O3/
and as Burning Protractor PCB/ a longtime persistant chlorinated organic substance).
Mr.Hindman jr. gave to know, that after start within 73 seconds this Explosive, here used “tamed” as

ISS on the air in145.825

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:32:06 -0400

hola recien contacto nuevamente con la iss
muy buenas señales por cordoba argentina
saludos Mario
LU2HAM

ISS Shuttle sighting west coast USA

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:50:31 -0400

Perfect sighting at 22:36 local of ISS Chasing shuttle. Web tracking times are about 10 minutes early on this site so start your observing at the shown time but plan on it not being seen for up to 10 minutes later. Have your video and cameras at the ready as the next passes prior to landing are going to be sharp!!!

Solar Array Flare Spotted!

Wed, 9 May 2007 15:43:53 -0400

Hi,

This evening whilst watching the ISS passing over South Africa from 16:58 UTC, visability brightness
at familiar normal level - until suddenly at 17:00 UTC a brilliant flash lasting about 1-2 seconds. WOW!
I guess at least -10m.

Calculations show, at the time this occured:
Azimuth to ISS very close to Azimuth to Sun.
Elevation to ISS very close to -Elevation to Sun (From my location).

If someone wants to run the math, my grid is KG44BD.

Has anybody else seen this?

Is it possible to run predictions when to watch out for this - would of course depend on ISS attitude and

Visible Sighting

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:54:43 -0400

Hi I'm new to the club, only joined today. Just wanted to share my experience with everyone. Last Night at around 9pm I went out to our back garden and looked up at the sky to see if any stars were visible yet.
My breath was taken away at the sight of what looked like a huge star, I knew it couldnt be Sirius, it was too big.. I went to get my husband who, upon seeing the bright object in the sky, was convinced it was the International Space Station.
He went on the web to visit a tracking site he'd found a while ago. When he saw the position of The I.S.S. he knew, that the bright star was definatelt the I.S.S.

CONFIRMATION QSO

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:42:31 -0500

I need help or consultantship with the following problem: The last year 2 QSO carries out in vhf with the ISS; 05-03-06 16:15 UTC 145800 NA1SS 5-9 and the other one the one
25-03-06 20:15 UTC 145800 NA1SS 5-9. The 2 QSL sent them to the address that he/she appears associated to the NA!SS in QRZ.COM with 1 coupon IRC each an and so far I have not received the confirmation of the 2 QSO.
I thank to any colleague or fans of the ISS any consultantship in this respect as for what I should make so that the 2 QSO confirms me. my data appear in QRZ:COM.
SI LA AYUDA LA PUEDE ENVIAR EN ESPAÑOL SE LO AGRADECERE MUCHO. GRACIAS!!

ISS over Texas

Fri, 2 Mar 2007 22:03:12 -0500

Tonight the ISS made about a 43 degree visible pass over San Antonio, TX. I quickly grabbed my telephoto lens and my Canon Digital Rebel XT camera and snapped a few photos. I really didn't expect any to come out since I was holding the camera (no tripod) and since the station moves pretty rappidly, I figured it would blur. But I had one photo of the 20 I took that seems to resemble the station. I'm not sure if it's pure coincidence or if it really is the station. I would like some of you (that have more knowledge about the station) to look at it and let me know what you think. Thanks a lot!

need help

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:05:16 -0500

HI all Im new to this . And i need some help how to track ISS. I live in Lancaster ohio, but its not listed on the page. How do i run to see were ISS is .
I just be came a new ham . Someday i like to talk to someone is ISS. Soo If someone can help me , That will be great and i thank you for all the help! too.

Thank you .

Bob Prince

ISS visibility

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:14:22 -0500

hi,
would I like know for waht reson it is not always possible to see to naked eye the nighttime passages of the international station when the sky is clear?
Regards Giordano

Inconsistent ISS Pass Times

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:49:15 -0500

The posted ISS pass times for my QTH (Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada) on this site are early by about 15 to 20 minutes compared to the NASA site and other sites. I have confirmed this discrepancy visually.

Does anyone have an explanation for this difference? All times are UT. I would be most grateful.

Howard

JAPAN SCHOOL CONTACT

Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:57:32 -0500

Did I miss something here or did no-one know about this contact until after it was made? It would have been nice to get some warning on the site and maybe listen in or possibly catch these guys later if they still had the radio on voice as any contact with ISS is a rarity.