ISS activities

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Iain,

Nice hearing from you.  That sure sounded easy.  You just had to be 
tuned to the frequency while doing other things.

Thanks for pointing out how easy this would be for any of us if we only 
took the time to think of it.  Great work.

Keep the rubber side of the mobile rig down.

Frank K0BRA

Iain McFadyen wrote:
> Don't know if any AMRAD members were listening in on the recent ISS SSTV activity?
> 
> I've been leaving one side of my mobile rig tuned to 145.800 listening (but not decoding) the SSTV downlinks.
> 
> Then, on Thursday, at 18:50 UTC, whilst driving from Morant Point to Kingston, I heard voice on 145.800!
> 
> Managed to have a brief but nice conversation with Richard Garriott on the ISS. I was using the Club callsign, 6Y5RA (so much easier to say than "KI4HLV portable 6Y5"). Downlink signals were superb!
> 
> I listened while Richard had abother quick QSO with an 8P6, and then announced "this is my last transmission from the ISS". He must then have hustled into the Soyuz and started the journey back to earth almost immediately, because he landed at 03:30UTC today.
> 
> The SSTV downlink was a novelty to me, but there are several websites showing spectacular downlink pix in the last few weeks.
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> Iain   KI4HLV/6Y5     Kingston Jamaica.
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