Do any of the "hams" in orbit just like to play radio in their spare time? You know that "drive" to work WAS, VUCC, DXCC. etc. Obviously they would be classified as a "rover". The school contacts are a good demonstration for the non ham public. Then there's the rest of us. They all have at least tech license, but appear not to be "real hams". Shields up. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle
Bob,
Unfortunately for us (but fortunately for them), they have far more to do in their spare time than they did back when a few of them got on the radio and worked towards WAS and DXCC from orbit! They have laptops with full internet access now and can videochat with their families or just waste time online like we all do.
All we can hope is that we'll get someone up there that's interested in using the radio in their spare time again.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net wrote:
Do any of the "hams" in orbit just like to play radio in their spare time? You know that "drive" to work WAS, VUCC, DXCC. etc. Obviously they would be classified as a "rover". The school contacts are a good demonstration for the non ham public. Then there's the rest of us. They all have at least tech license, but appear not to be "real hams". Shields up. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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.
also, the best time for the astronauts to make contacts is just before they are ready to go to bed. that is when they have some free time. keep in mind that the iss operates on russian time (i think same as moscow time). breaks might be harder to determine but beddy-by time is almost always the same.
73...bruce
On 3/25/2016 1:17 PM, Daniel Cussen 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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I don't have the URL handy, but ISTR that the astronauts' daily schedules are (or at least at one time were) available online. Break/personal time was clearly listed in that information.
There is a lot of confusion about the random ISS contact by the UK ham. In a video from when the news went viral last year, he said he contacted them in October of the previous year. [1] So that would be 2014.
Currently the best opportunity for a contact is during SSTV events in between the SSTV transmissions.
Not sure about "operation," but the ISS crew sleeps on GMT time. That's a common question from students during ARISS contacts, and the astronauts/cosmonauts always say GMT.
1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186534/Radio-ham-contacts-Internati...
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Bruce kk5do@amsat.org wrote:
also, the best time for the astronauts to make contacts is just before they are ready to go to bed. that is when they have some free time. keep in mind that the iss operates on russian time (i think same as moscow time). breaks might be harder to determine but beddy-by time is almost always the same.
73...bruce
On 3/25/2016 1:17 PM, Daniel Cussen 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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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.
http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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