March 21, 2009 by kb3ljm.

NIGERIA, 5N.

Bodo, DL3OCH is QRV as 5N0OCH from Abuja. Activity is mostly during his evenings and weekends on all HF bands. He will try to be active on 160 meters as well. He is using CW, SSB, RTTY and EME. QSL to home call.

CROATIA, 9A.

Special event station 9A09P is active until December 31 in celebration of the city of Djurdjevac. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via bureau.

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March 21, 2009 by kb3ljm.

You can view live Space Station video that includes Earth views from external cameras on the International Space Station during crew off-duty periods. Also available form the NASA website are selected in-cabin views of crew activities during the crew on-duty periods and a graphical world map that depicts the station’s location in orbit above the Earth using real-time telemetry sent to Mission Control from the station. The video stream is accompanied by audio of communications between Mission Control and the astronauts when available. During times when the shuttle is docked to the station, the stream will include video and audio of those activities.

Since the station orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes, it sees a sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes. When the station is in darkness, the external camera video may appear black, but also may provide spectacular views of city lights below. In addition, satellite coverage may be intermittent and result in a display of colour bars. Colour bars or a black screen do not necessarily indicate a problem with the video stream. The streaming video is being webcast as part of NASA’s celebration of the 10th anniversary of the space station in orbit. See www.nasa.gov/station.

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