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ki6kui wrote:individuals usually have a chance at night when schools aren't normally scheduling a contact.

I've heard the astronauts making contacts several times from my car.

ki6kui wrote:The JPL repeater on the 2-meter band rebroadcasts the NASA communications as well. The frequency is 147.150MHz.

I was listening to this today.

Frogeye wrote:

BlueFJ wrote:

Frogeye wrote:I listened to the Russion Space station docking today on HAM. Cool stuff.

What frequency, Chris?

Craig it was one of my preset frequencies. I'm thinking it was a 400mhz repeater. I just starting scanning. Really cool to hear the Russians speaking English.

If it was a preset it was probably the 147.150 frequency. That's the one I always catch it on.

I had forgotten that I had the below info saved in my phone.

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Full time coverage of the Space Shuttle traffic can be heard about one hour before launch to about half hour after landing on 147.405 MHz. This is transmitted from Mt. Vaca with a directional antenna to the northeast. There is no San Francisco Bay Area coverage on this system. The 147.195 and 145.150 repeater system will retransmit NASA audio part-time such as take-offs, landings and during SAREX activities.

The audio for this service is provided by a dedicated satellite dish receiving NASA Select Television. This feed offers the general public a front-row seat at mission launches and activities taking place in space during a mission, as well as information and educational programming, historical documentaries, and updates on the latest developments in aeronautics and space science. NASA TV occasionally airs live coverage of SAREX activities. Programming is received by satellite dish or may be available through your local cable television network.

NASA Television channels are carried by MPEG-2 digital C-band signal on AMC-7, transponder 18C with an orbital position of 137 degrees West Longitude, 4060 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required (Free To Air) for reception. This is a full transponder service and is operational 24 hours a day.

Very cool.

I remember reading somewhere that the ISS also sends down images that Amateur Stations can capture somehow. Does anyone know anything about this?

GearType wrote:I remember reading somewhere that the ISS also sends down images that Amateur Stations can capture somehow. Does anyone know anything about this?

They use SSTV (Slow Scan TV) basically images.

More here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ariss/#freqs