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Old April 4th 04, 09:14 PM
JimO
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Volunteers are always needed to keep an ear on the voice comm between ISS
and Earth,
while you're on line doing something else -- and then can flash a message to
sci.space.station
(and if you're willing, an email to me directly, to joberg at houston dot rr
dot com) about
anything newsworthy or curious. I can follow up, make some calls, and work
through my
NBC clients.

You can get onto the streaming audio via
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/space/index.html
and find/select the option to listen to the space station audio channel.

There are a limited number of ports, so don't just leave it on and ignore
it, please.

But if you can help all of us keep getting real-time insight into what's
going on in space, the value to everyone will be enhanced. Thanks!

Jim O


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Old April 5th 04, 08:08 AM
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JimO wrote:

Volunteers are always needed to keep an ear on the voice comm between ISS
and Earth,


So far this morning, the only "strange noises on ISS" I have heard is static.
No DPC yet.

Also, much of the juicy information is sent to the crews via the various
"forms" such as form 24 and the daily tasks lists, at least on the USA side.
The russian conversations seem a bit more candid, but for them, there is no
sense of panic if they hear a noise.

I think that the USA is acting somewhat like a backseat driver. They see/hear
stuff, but they can't do anything because the russians are at the wheel, and
the russians aren't panicking, while the USA is affraid it might be
serious/catastrophic/dangerous (like any good backseat driver would).

What should be asked of the russians is whether such sounds had been heard on
MIR as well.
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Old April 5th 04, 08:26 AM
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John Doe wrote:
So far this morning, the only "strange noises on ISS" I have heard is static.
No DPC yet.


Spoke too soon. DPC at 04:10 EDT. But could only hear ISS, not MCC Houston. So
I only heard "Houston , Alpha, for the DPC" spoken by Foale. (The DPC is
usually all ground to ISS audio).

Many many many minutes later "Houston Alpha, Space to Ground 1". And no response.

They must have privatized the ground audio and forgotten to deprivatize it.
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Old April 5th 04, 08:42 AM
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By 04:40 EDT, ground finally came on, explaining to crew that they had had
comms problems on the ground. So even the Alpha crew had not received any
message from houston.
 




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