At 23:19 local time, I received this text message "Go to your radio, Maryam!" from Cor (PD0RKC) on Thursday's night. This message just freaked me out and made me jumped from my seat running to the top of the house. I prepared my mobile radio really quick, I screamed for my sister to give me a hand. As soon I turned the radio on, I heard Bill, the commander of Expedition 12, was calling on the radio over Kuwait. I was a bit nervous not nervous when I heard Sergei's voice on the radio.
So I called back "N- A- One - S- S ... This is Nine Kilo Two Mike Delta from Kuwait Do you Copy my call?" I heard Bill saying in the end 73 (73 in ham radio talk means best regards) and silence. I was like "ha?" I think he made a radio contact with some radio operator and stopped. Too bad I was using my stupid vertical antenna and I didn't have my computer to record Bill's voice since it's crashed.
My computer is crashed on the day of 5th anniversary of Human Occupancy on the International Space Station. Uh, I feel disconnected from the rest of the world without my internet access. By the way, Sergei Krikalev was the first to live on ISS ;)
[Note: I think some of my readers got confused because of Mark's post "Call me" I like to mention that I heard Bill's voice and was talking to other amateur radio operator not me. And he wasn't calling for me]
Monday, November 07, 2005
"Go to Your Radio, Maryam!"
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8 comments:
how come no one calls me from space!!
:)
ok, u r weird but i like what u talk about. i feel like im in the cartoons
That's bloody awesome!! :D
Mark: If you are a female, I think they would ;)
Moey: Hehehe this is the most interesting comment I got on my blog... I guess talking about space is a child's dream. That's why it feels like you are in a cartoon
McArabian: I am looking forward to have full conversation with Bill.. but last night they had their radio turned off because of the spacewalk
too bad , i hope you record bill's voice next time :)
Maryam,
better luck next time! and get someone to fix your computer for free! (like me for example or any other geek)
hope they work it out in the space walk
little astronomer: Today at 08:45 pm (local time) astronaut Bill will have a voice contact with school kids in UK to answer their questions about space. So it's expected that Bill will be active on radio after that. I must check the ISS passes over Kuwait during that time to see my chances and I will record it on the cell phone ;) more info about school contact (http://www.issfanclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1378)
Mini Я.: ooh we have a computer geek online ;) I found out it's a software problem but CD-ROM is broke. And it's taking lots of time to order new CD-ROM driver
WOW! girl you're something!!
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