Terry spied a message from Frank Glover to Paul Vasso
on 02-0497  20:58 about HEARING SHUTTLE-MIR-S
Hello Frank
 PV>  The Mir space station is only 400km above the
 PV> earth so listening to it's
 PV>  transmissions should not be difficult. This also
 PV> depends on whether they
 PV>  are in sleep mode (approx. the same day/night times as Russia).
 PV>  Packet radio is usually working all the time as it
 PV> works automatically.
 PV>  If you have PKTMON12.ZIP and the Hamcomm interface
 PV> these packet signals
 PV>  can be decoded easily. I have the frequency for
 PV> packet somewhere around
 PV>  here if you need it, 437.??? MHz.
 FG>
 FG> I have heard packet bursts at 145.800. Also, be aware of a 70 cm
 FG> repeater on the station running 24 hours, presently. Downlink is
 FG> 437.950 mhz. My Yaesu HT on a car antenna hears it virtually full
 FG> quieting, but my Pro-2004 going to a discone antenna on the roof can
 FG> only discern a decrease in noise at those times.
I have had no luck hearing anything after a couple weeks of trying
despite having been tracking it with STSPLUS.  It may be due to the fact
that I only have an indoor antenna, I'm not sure.  I wish I would hear
something, but I guess I'll keep trying.  Have a good one.
     Terry
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