[amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks

[John Heath]

Spacewalks are easy to monitor. Your regular 2m antenna will work.
In the UK we get some interference from Air band Communications but can generally get a good part of the conversation.

Note - It only works with the Russian spacesuits. American suits use a different system.

73 John G7HIA

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From: Elan Portnoy <elanportnoy at yahoo.com>
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Sent: Friday, 12 February, 2010 17:14:37
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks

Hi,

I'm sure you don't mean "intercept" but monitor. 

Have a look at this page http://www.orbitessera.com/html/space_shuttle.html

Has the frequencies listed--never tried to copy them myself.

Elan - WB2IOL

--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL <vlfiscus at mcn.net> wrote:

> From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL <vlfiscus at mcn.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Spacewalks
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 10:22 AM
> 
> I was thinking while watching last nights EVA on the ISS,
> has anyone here 
> ever tried to intercept the space suit communications
> during EVA's?  I'm 
> not sure what the output of the transmitters are, but with
> a good system 
> you still should be able to hear 100 - 200mw. 
> Probably a weird digital 
> transmission mode so you still wouldn't be able to tell was
> they were 
> saying, but that's why there is NasaTV.
> 
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