Well done Eric and the troop!
I actually heard the downlink side of your QSL. The one time I didn't have a bunch of kids in the shack! Murphy knows!!!
Other callsigns heard... VK6FRAG, VK3DMW, VK1AMG, VK2BV... e&oe, I was fiddling with qsstv at the time!
Regards de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura on the Murray QF15bt
Eric van de Weyer wrote:
Hi All
This evening on the pass over Sydney at about 1040z we managed a short contact with Richard on the ISS from our JOTA station VK2BV. It was a big thrill for both the operators and the kids in attendance at the station at the Waverley Amateur radio Society clubrooms.
We had previously heard SSTV a couple of passes earlier as well as the subsequent one although it was only a few degrees above the horizon and not a very good signal. 21 On the earlier pass, at about 0908 we had a magnificent view of the ISS as it flew overhead but no contact or anything heard. That was a 78 degree pass.
73....Eric VK2VE.
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