Space Station QSO – NA1SS by KF7ETX 24JUL10 2305UTC Click the link below to download my ISS / Satellite Track Data Sheet www.box.net 24JUL10 2305 UTC Matt and I made another contact (QSO) with the ISS (International Space Station) amateur radio station NA1SS. We were standing alongside a rural road in just outside of Bend, Oregon using a Yaesu VX-8R handheld and a 2-meter 4-element Arrow Yagi antenna. We are going to try for future QSO attempts with NA1SS. UTC Clock for the MAC – Northern Softworks www.northernsoftworks.com Useful Apple iPhone APPS (iTunes) • GoSatWatch • HamClock UPLINK: 144.490 DOWNLINK: 145.800 ISS Fan Club www.issfanclub.com Col. Douglas Wheelock http ISS Wiki en.wikipedia.org ISS ARRL QSL Card pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl Arrow Antenna www.arrowantennas.com Yaesu VX-8R www.yaesu.com Created on July 24, 2010 using FlipShare.
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that is way to cool
Very cool, Doc. The government doesn’t care if you contact the station?
– no, in fact the activity is encouraged for amateur radio operators around the world. A lot of astronauts are amateur radio operators that enjoy making contacts with the “earth bound” amateurs! The equipment they are operating is an amateur radio station. You can read the background info by exploring the links in the footnotes below the YT player.
Doc I was trying to make QSO from up here in Washington during the same pass. I’m fairly sure I caught him confirm Bend Oregon. My camera on my phone malfunctioned (user error) or I would have a video. Congrats on the QSO!
Doc I was trying to make QSO from up here in Washington during the same pass. I’m fairly sure I caught him confirm Bend Oregon. My camera on my phone malfunctioned (user error) or I would have a video. Congrats on the QSO!
– I think I got an audio of a Washington confirmation on my cell phone. I will check in the morning. Thanks!
There were lots of folks trying the past two days. I wish I knew what it sounded like on his end!
cool, thanks for sharing.
Love it!! of all the things ive done in ham radio, Contacting the space station is ranking #1 in pure awesome. Seem you and matt are having a good time with it. =)
that is so cool
Dang you sound excited during that contact! I’m sure with the limited amount of time, and the heavy traffic they must get, I would be too!
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ET phooone hooome!! great stuff very interesting!
Wow, you got them to respond. Great job on the tri-pod mount too
Good Job buddy bet Matt loved it! 🙂
Another great contact. Our teachers at Troy Univ at Dothan AL will try and phone patch with Doug this week from ISS and will mention you and Matt. 73. AI4QT in Huntsville
I’m getting caught up on videos & looks like you have 3 great ones.
Way to go brother on making contact, you’ve gone from beginner HAM operator to a level that’s out of this world. Nice job
Way cool dudes – schmoo –
Thanks for videoing the process, looks exciting!
cool stuff Doc!
You know why I like your videos? Warts and all they go up. Trying to hit the ISS and fail? Who cares, its going up. Trying to hit the repeater or the youtube buddy on a far away mountain, and it doesn’t work? It goes up. Trying out your VX8r for the first time and sounding better than the 5 year veteran? Well that goes up too. Based on your youtube name, you and I have extremely similar jobs and employers. Get your General, lets do a 2500 mile dx try.
Here are some helpfull things you might want to do when you work sattilites or the ISS.
Opening the squelch all the way definetly helps.
As the ISS goes by turn the antenna from vertical to horizontal to get the best signal, that will change the polarization because the ISS is not always vertical, it’s moving so it’s always changing position.
You could check out K7AGE’s youtube video on working sattilites, it helped me quite a bit.
73
Brandon – KB1THM
– thank you sir! I am working on my General this Sept. You can count on a QSO attempt . . . I just got a FT-857 that I want to get on the air!
Great video! What kind of clip are you using to hold that arrow antenna?
I made it from PVC fittings.
73!