[amsat-bb] 145.800 - missed a golden chance for live astronaut QSO

[Don KB2YSI]

Wow, thank you for the heads up!

--
73, Don KB2YSI

On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 18:10 Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course not everyone would have seen my tweet on this subject today, so I
> thought I'd share to the mailing list as well.
>
> During most passes of the ISS where I'm working with the packet digipeater
> on 145.825, I also monitor 145.800 just in case there is any activity on
> that frequency.
>
> For the first time in my personal experience, today one of the astronauts
> was randomly calling to see if anybody was listening.   Of course I tried
> to reply on 145.800 simplex, but there are a number of possible uplinks and
> none of them were programmed into my radio.  THEY ARE NOW!
>
> FYI, here is a list of uplink/downlink combinations that I found online:
> https://issfanclub.com/frequencies
>
> ... and here is the downlink audio from today with the gaps removed:
>
> https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2018-10-06--1858--ISS-voice.mp3
>
> It was a real thrill and like so much of this hobby, a learning
> opportunity.
>
> 73
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
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