[TheList] ISS Comms

Tue Mar 19 20:46:44 AEDT 2013

'Urro,

I've managed to get a packet back off the APRS repeater onboard a couple 
of times, and heard voice on 145.8 in June last year. Someone in VK7 
(Tasmania) working the ISS on a fairly low elevation pass for us.  I 
tried both the VHF uplink frequencies and didn't get a reply though.

If you can decode the APRS you'll quite often see packets coming back 
from ZL3REW down in Ashburton, he quite often works it, and I've heard 
him using the VHF uplink frequencies as well but not heard him talking 
to anyone yet.

I'm just using a 3m dual-band colinear above roof height, and given it's 
line of site just about any antenna/RX should do the job.  Some folks 
report working the ISS with just a handheld and decent quality whip antenna.

I have a cunning plan to put up a steerable U/V pair of yagi's to give 
the ISS and amsats a proper go but that requires quite a few more 
round-toit's than I seem to be able to find right now... Where did I put 
them I wonder?

Cheers, Chris H.

On 18/03/2013 9:22 p.m., Tim Devaney wrote:
> Hello All
>
> Has anyone on the list listened to comms from the International space 
> station and if so is it easy to do , can I do it with a scanner and 
> are they any certain freqs I could listen into .
>
> Cheers
>
> -- 
>
> *Tim
> *
>
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