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

[Bob- W7LRD]

It would be cool if some of them wanted to get WAS, VUCC, DXCC,  or just plain play radio!
73 Bob W7LRD

> On October 6, 2018 at 4:04 PM Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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