[amsat-bb] ISS contact with West Point Ham club

[John Brier]

There is a video of the contact too. Contact gets started at about 3:41:

https://www.facebook.com/WestPointUSMA/videos/734993083640986/

I have to admit, it was hard watching them struggle to make the
initial contact while Drew was calling them for the first few minutes.

But I loved it when Drew realized he was talking to someone he knew
(Col. Stephen Hamilton, I believe), and then said "beat Navy."

Does anyone know what elevation/azimuth control system they are using?
The control box looks like a 4U 19" rack mount system. I assume it's a
big commercial rotator.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM christy hunter via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> pretty neat!
>
> https://www.dvidshub.net/news/348932/ham-radio-club-contacts-speaks-morgan-aboard-iss
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> 73 Christy KB6LTY
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