[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Alan VE4YZ
Okay, I have the crew list but could any of these folks have non U.S. call signs beyond the 9 American Licensed Amateurs? ISS Crew > Oleg Kotov > T.J. Creamer > Soichi Noguchi > Alexander Skvortsov > Tracy Caldwell Dyson > Mikhail Kornienko Visiting STS-131 Crew: Alan G. Poindexter James P. Du

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Alan
Please cite the names and call signs. This will be very useful anecdote for a ham class nearing completion for a group of high school students. -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of James French W8ISS Sent: Tuesday, April 13,

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
> >Currently there are 9 licensed American Amateur Radio operators on the ISS >currently going by the list that is at the ARISS site on RAC.org. > >Is this the most hams in space to date or has there been more before this >shuttle-ISS mission? > >James W8ISS I don't know the answer to your ques

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Thomas McGrane
Seems typical to me that the federal government would set a precedent in which they encourage licenses in space which I assumed to be free space. Why should anyone require a license off the planet? This reminds me of the FCC selling licenses for frequencies that only exist when used. Pat >---

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Robert Bruninga
>> Is this the most hams in space to date ... > > ... I DO know it is the largest group of > Non-Active hams in space at one time. I'm tired of the lack of civility in today's times. Why is it that so many people seem to spend their time complaining about what others do. What happened to the g

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Steven Bienvenu
I'll co-sign that document. Steve W5ZA > > I'm tired of the lack of civility in today's times. Why is it > that so many people seem to spend their time complaining about > what others do. What happened to the golden rule? > > In an all volunteer service and individual hobby, there is never >

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread Michael Tondee
Hi Bob, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments. Unfortunately if you tune across the bands or surf this list and other amateur radio forums you will find that, just as in everyday life, some folks just are not happy unless they have something to complain about. Without question it does s

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-13 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
> Please cite the names and call signs. Hope this helps ... SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.04 Ten Hams in Orbit Now AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.04 Six of the seven astronauts on the shuttle Discovery are licens

[amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?

2010-04-14 Thread Trevor .
I made the total 10 hams, see list at Six radio hams fly to space station http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/six_hams_on_sts131.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Tue, 13/4/10, Alan VE4YZ wrote: > From: Alan VE4YZ > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Most Hams in Space at one time? > To

[amsat-bb] Re: Most hams in space at one time??

2010-04-15 Thread Larry Teran
I'm with you Ed there are a lot of new satellite operators including my self, that are willing to contact the ISS, I give them I try every once in a while since I get my satellite station , and no success. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:42 PM, edward kacura wrote: > I know this sounds negative, but

[amsat-bb] Re: Most hams in space at one time??

2010-04-15 Thread tosca005
Well, I'm so busy at work that I have not been able to keep up with the news like I used to, but I seem to recall that the folks up there in space are kept awfully busy with scheduled activities, and that if that wasn't bad enough, they were talking about adding another EVA to fix a stuck valve