Re: [sarex] ISS Hoax

["George Leo Rachor Jr." <george@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

During this time of being a "caretaker crew" I'm willing to give the guys
up there a LOT of slack.  I understand the SAREX operations taking back
seat for a little while.

Actually it's bought me a little time as I haven't yet got my packet setup
purchased/running yet.

Cheers,

George Rachor

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George L. Rachor Jr.		george@rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon               http://rachors.com
United States of America        Amateur Radio : KD7DCX

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Paul M Dunphy - VE1DX wrote:

> At 09:27 PM 30/11/2003, Wayne R Hatfield wrote:
> >Wayne R Hatfield - KD5JJP
> >Homer, LA 71040
> >
> >
> >Gentlemen,
> >
> >Don't know about you all but I kind of feel like we may have been had. I
> >have had my receiver on for 2 days and have been listening for that long.
> >even when I was out someone was listening. The ISS Commemorative Event
> >sounded great but if whoever put it together must not have told  NASA to let
> >the ISS in on the event. Just my thoughts.  UTC 22:58
> 
>      I think it depends on the enthusiasm of the astronauts/cosmonauts on 
> board.  When Commander Valery Korzun was active a couple of years ago 
> signing RS0ISS, I made 15 voice QSOs with him over several months and the 
> packet station was digipeating every orbit that he wasn't talking.  The 
> packet PBBS was always operational, as well.
> 
>      The same was true with a couple of previous missions.  However, for 
> the most part, they don't put a lot of time into Ham radio . . . you need 
> an enthusiastic person like Valery Korzun to really do it right.  Every 
> evening before he went to bed he spent at least an hour making random 
> contacts.  Since he left, they have been few and far between.
> 
>      That's my take on it, anyhow.  I'm told that most of their spare time 
> is dedicated to just watching Earth from 400 km.  I guess Valery spent so 
> much time on MIR that the excitement of Earth watching had worn off, and he 
> dedicated most of his free time to Ham radio.
> 
> 73/DX Paul VE1DX (QSL via VE1YX)
> 
> 
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