259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 1947 AM wkg Houston, only two short transmissions observed this time. (16NOV09)

259.700 DISCOVERY: space shuttle 2133 AM wkg Houston, a couple of transmissions while flying south of Ireland and west of the UK. (10SEP09)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 0418 AM wkg Houston 18 minutes after launch, flying over the Atlantic some 300km west of Ireland. (29AUG09)

259.700 ENDEAVOUR: Space Shuttle 2222 AM wkg Houston while ascending into orbit. (15JUL09)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 0003 AM wkg Houston while ascending into orbit. (16MAR09)

259.700 ENDEAVOUR: Space Shuttle 1825 AM wkg Houston with a readback while preparing for the return to Earth. Comms were weak due to problems with the UHF high power amplifier. (30NOV08)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 1346 AM wkg Houston, confirming the "go for the de-orbit burn". First comms heard over eastern Germany (Dessau), last comms observed while Discovery was just about to cross the Polish-Ukrainian border. (14JUN08)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 2126 AM wkg Houston, one short report while flying over Croatia. (31MAY08)

259.700 ENDEAVOUR: Space Shuttle 2136 AM wkg Houston while flying over Poland. (26MAR08)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 1101 AM wkg Houston, one short transmission while preparing for deorbit. (20FEB08)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 2005 AM wkg Houston, some reports while ascending into orbit, first comms observed at 2005z (just south of Ireland) on 259.706, the last report on 259.695 at 2008z while over southern Germany. (07FEB08)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 1559 AM wkg Houston, received only one short report while over the English Channel. (23OCT07)

259.700 ENDEAVOUR: Space Shuttle 1329 AM wkg Houston while over northern Ukraine, some comms about the entry switch list verification. (21AUG07)

259.700 ENDEAVOUR: Space Shuttle 2256 AM wkg Houston, some good readable reports while ascending into orbit. (08AUG07)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 1511 AM wkg Houston, couple of very nice readbacks while preparing to return to earth. (22JUN07)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 2357 AM wkg Houston, two short reports. (08JUN07)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 0207 AM wkg Houston, couple of short reports. (10DEC06)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 0852 AM wkg Houston, couple of reports. (21SEP06)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 0716 AM wkg Houston, couple of reports. (21SEP06)

259.700 ATLANTIS: Space Shuttle 1535 AM wkg Houston, several short reports. (09SEP06)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 1144 AM wkg Houston, short report. (17JUL06)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 1856 AM wkg Houston, several short reports. (04JUL06)

259.700 DISCOVERY: Space Shuttle 0915 AM wkg Houston, reporting galley reactivation. (09AUG05)

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