Re: [amsat-bb] ISS crewman on voice

["Alan W Leech" <alanwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 03:12:16 EDT, KB7ADO@aol.com wrote:

> For the second Friday night/Saturday morning in a row, it sounds like I am
> the only one in North America listening to 145.80.  One of the cosmonauts has
> been on using RS0ISS calling CQ and apparantly no one else wants to talk.
> Last Saturday AM we had about a 6 minute QSO, and it wasn't until the second
> time he called that I answered, as it was tonight.  I kept it short this
> time, but still heard him calling CQ several times without any takers after
> we finished.  The weekends are usually the only times they have free to make
> random contacts, so let's hear some more earth station activity.  We don't
> want to make them think we're not interested in them anymore.

> Bob, KB7ADO
> CN86

Bob, Next time you speak to him, remind him that there is life south of
the equator too! As far as I know, the only phone contacts with any of
the crews, down this way, have been school QSOs. He'll get plenty of
takers "Down Under"! Sometimes, we even speak English..

Cheers,
       Alan. (ZL2VAL)

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