Space Station Contact and Happy October Brownies!

Pacific Northwest - CN85ON
International Space Station - Expedition 25
03 October 2010 - 1740 UTC

Fall is in the air! Kelsey is making "Happy October Brownies" while I make a quick ISS QSO and listen in to the remainder of the ISS pass over the Pacific Northwest. We also review using the ISS Fan Club website for following the track of the International Space Station.

Check out the incredible photos from space posted on TwitPics by astronaut Col Doug "AstroWheels" Wheelock, International Space Station Commander of Expedition 25.
http://twitpic.com/photos/Astro_Wheels

International Space Station - Expedition 25
NASA Astronauts:
• Doug Wheelock (KF5BOC), Expedition 25 Commander
• Scott Kelly - Flight Engineer
• Shannon Walker - Flight Engineer

Russian Cosmonauts:
• Oleg Skripochka - Flight Engineer
• Alexander Kaleri - Flight Engineer
• Fyodor Yurchikhin - Flight Engineer

Follow Col Doug Wheelock (aka Astro Wheels)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/astro_wheels
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Douglas-H-Wheelock/137066902983167

ISS Expedition 25
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition25/index.html

Wil - AI4QT YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/AI4QT

Click the link below to download my ISS / Satellite Track Data Sheet
http://www.box.net/shared/09nk3y01t7

UTC Clock for the MAC - Northern Softworks
http://www.northernsoftworks.com/utcclock.html

Useful Apple iPhone APPS (iTunes)
• GoSatWatch
• HamClock

UPLINK: 144.490
DOWNLINK: 145.800

ISS Fan Club http://www.issfanclub.com

Col. Douglas Wheelock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Wheelock

ISS Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

ISS ARRL QSL Card http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl/issqslinfo.html

Arrow Antenna http://www.arrowantennas.com/

Yaesu VX-8R http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=64C913CDBC183621AAA39980149EA8C6

Some interesting ISS links courtesy of Tim - AD7SX

Photos of NA1SS station equipment
http://twitpic.com/2lwwex

Info about the Ham station,antennas,connectors,radio modifications etc...
http://www.termeszetvilaga.hu/radiokapcsolat/ariss_leiras_angol.pdf

ISS Tracking
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/satloc.php?lang=en&satellite=ISS

ISS Sightings
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgicountry=United_States®ion=Washington&city=Vancouver

ISS Tracking
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

ISS Timelines
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/09_2010_tl.html

They post the next day's timeline usually p 00:00 UTC, but not always, especially on weekends. Also you will need to manually select the month as it does not automatically switch.