Perhaps most interesting this weekend was taking the time to have a listen to the International Space Station (ISS) on 2m. Alerted to the activity by a friend at the work QTH, I had a listen to a couple of passes on 145.800 FM.
The passes I listened to were good overhead affairs with good strong signals.
If like me, you'd rather listen to some audio - take a listen to the audio file that Paul M3JFM and Pete M3PHP recorded of the QSO between the ISS and Bugbrooke Primary School near Warwick. - it's great.
Well done Paul and Pete - thanks for your enthusiasm on the project - it inspired me to take a listen where I normally wouldn't have done!
The International Space Station Amateur Radio
Gallery has now started to show pictures received
from around the world of the test images being sent
by the ISS. They can be seen at
http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_
pictures are transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM.
They should be receivable on an Amateur Radio 2 metre
handheld or a scanner radio connected to an external
quarter wave ground plane or discone antenna. If your
radio has different filter settings for 12.5 kHz and 25
kHz FM then select the 25 kHz filter for best results.
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