Richard from ISS doing random contacts on EU at 18Oct.
Hello All,
Richard Garriott made some random contacts (18 Oct) on europe. In case anybody who read this and made a contact today can find a good recording on my website.
73's Cor PD0RKC Ham Radio In Space: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl
The pass and picture cycle timing aligned this morning and I just managed to squeek in three full frames in one pass. Last one was a bit noisy as the el went down to 2 degrees behind power lines and trees, but got it all in. I can routinely hear signals below the theoretical horizon and follow them to LOS at slight neg el also.
Even 12 feet height extends the visual horizon a bit--as a celestial navigator, we correct for height of eye off the water and enter it in feet, so a foot or two makes a difference.
Curt KU8L EN82h1
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Cor
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Curt Nixon