My preparations for contact with the International Space Station. Reception is working very well. I can hear Oleg Platonov, a Russian cosmonaut. I still need an antenna for transmitting.

#RS0ISS #ARISS #ISS #ICOM #IC705

I made radio contact with cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, aboard the International Space Station, during the Yuri Gagarin International Contest #rs0iss #iss #space #hamradio #amsat

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Yesterday I was at the office. I was warned that a fire evacuation test was coming, so I had my sunglasses and my HT with me during the meeting because fire tests are boring.

The fire alarm hit, we all got sent out to the car park. I turned the radio on and set to scan.

Within minutes, I could hear -someone- on the 144.8MHz speaking Russian calling RS0ISS.

Turns out a school contact activity was happening at the same time!

#ISS #RS0ISS

Amateur Operator UR5WKM has an updated way of looking at APRS data from the ISS #RS0ISS. This map shows stations received over the last 80 minutes via the APRS-IS network.

Find it at https://diy.manko.pro/en/iss-aprs-map-en/