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Hi all, Some interesting news of upcoming school contacts taken from the ISS Fan Club site .... Tim Peake ISS School Contacts & HamTV Hi All, ARISS have announced details of the first of the school amateur radio contacts with UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI. Tim will be using the special Internati...

Hi David and Tim, been a long time since I posted, been listening in but no voice contacts heard for quite a while. Been hearing quite a few packet signals lately but I think it will be a while before we get any school contacts ...

http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html

All the best.
Dave

Hi,
Iridium 57 was a nice sight as it flared (-8.2) whilst passing through Andromeda tonight (Sunday 22nd Sep. 21.11 BST)
M31 showed up nicely.
Canon 450D 35mm lens ISO800 f3.5 28 secs.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff29 ... 9af7d7.jpg

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Dave

Hi, Last night's pass (Tues 3rd Sept.) of Iridium 76 was one of the brightest I have seen (the image doesn't do it justice). I have seen mag -8 flares many times (this one was -8.4) but the very good sky conditions really helped make this one really bright on it's path through Cygnus. Canon 450D 35m...

Hi David, Thanks for that info. Sorry you didn't manage to hear anything (work got in the way of any chance of me listening in) :( There will be some more transmissions during the coming week, although none over the UK, but might be worth keeping the scanner running for the early afternoon passes on...

Hi, An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Gwalior Glory High School, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India on 31 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:22 BST. Wont be a very high pass for me but should be worth a go. The contact will be a tel...

Just had a few days away from the murky skies of Sheffield in Farnham, Surrey. This was taken at 21.29 BST on the 12th August. Never seen the ISS pass almost directly overhead before due to my location. Here it is on it's almost vertical climb from the west on one of the best passes I have seen. Can...

Hi stella, had a completely cloudless day here today ... until around 22.30 BST which ruined any chance of catching the satellite on it's 22.44 BST pass, infuriating is not the word. Hopefully there will be better opportunities in the coming days. What will be interesting about it stella, is it the ...

Hi David, Pity you couldn't have listened a little longer you might have heard something. I heard the packet signal at around 18.31 BST (didn't expect that), it went on for about a minute or so then voice comms were heard in-between the packet signals (never known the ISS to transmit both packet (14...

Hi Tim/all, Just been listening in to this evenings 19.23 BST pass. Strong packet signal heard then a short voice transmission. Not very clear at all but doubt I would have been able to understand it as it was on the Russians freq... 143.625 NFM. There will be a chance to catch a school transmission...

Hi,
Just heard from the ISS for the first time for quite a while. Packet signal was very strong on this evenings 19.24 BST pass. Hopefully now that the passes are getting more favourable we may be getting some voice transmissions soon

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Dave

Hi,
Just got back from visiting family in Surrey where the clouds were a lot kinder to me

Here's my effort from Sunday 26th May.

Canon 450D with Canon EF-S 55-250 zoom lens at 130mm.
1/6 sec. f8. ISO 800

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff29 ... 601398.jpg

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Dave

Hi Paul,
Have a look about halfway down this page

http://shop.popastro.com/gifts/index.php

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Dave

Hi All, There's a good chance of listening in to a school contact this coming Wednesday 17th April. It will be contact with a school in Canada but will be telebridged via northern Italy. It begins approx. 19.05 BST and will be quite a high pass for the UK so should be well worth a go. Don't know if ...

Hi,

Finally got my first sighting of the comet (Saturday 30th) at around 20.15 UT. Not visible to unaided eye but a nice sight in the 15x70's.

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Dave