It does happen This is from just last year.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11786461/Radio-ham-t...
As it happens that contact took place in October 2014 but didn't appear in all the UK National Newspapers until almost a year later, further info at http://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/05/uk-radio-hams-iss-contact-in-the-press/ 73 Trevor M5AKA
On Friday, 25 March 2016, 18:17, Daniel Cussen dan@post.com wrote:
It does happen: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11786461/Radio-ham-t... This is from just last year.
The trick is to figure out their break time, and match that with the time they are passing over your location. The radio is normally on low in the Russian module. If you call, and they are on a break, and they happen to have the radio in the correct mode to hear the uplink, then they might say hello back. The next technique after a response is to not panic!
The European module radio is on APRS duty normally.
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