[bars] Fwd: Listen in to the ISS Thursday 12/5/19 beginning 12:55 PM

[Christopher Wood]

Firstly, thanks so much to Jon (AC1EV) for alerting us to this event.
Secondly, my wife, Eileen Wood (KC1GHS) and I drove down the road to a wide-open parking lot here in Tewksbury. I switched the window-mount antenna that I usually have setup for APRS over to the HT so we could sit in the warm car while listening. As Marla described below, opened the squelch and listened into a great signal and then back out again with similar times.
Christopher Wood, KC1GHR

From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of Marla A. Wallace
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 1:32 PM
To: bars at w1hh org <bars at w1hh.org>
Subject: [bars] Fwd: Listen in to the ISS Thursday 12/5/19 beginning 12:55 PM


Oops, meant to reply to the group.  Senior moment!

Me ke aloha
-- Marla


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Subject: Re: [bars] Listen in to the ISS Thursday 12/5/19 beginning 12:55 PM
From: "Marla A. Wallace" <wa1gsf at comcast.net<mailto:wa1gsf at comcast.net>>
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 13:17
To: Jon Turner <jontur at gmail.com<mailto:jontur at gmail.com>>
CC:

I was listening on the downlink (thanks, Jon).
1258 - opened the squelch
1301 - full quieting
1307 - lost signal
I remember listening to the beacon of Sputnik I back in 1957.  What a rush to hear an astronaut answering questions from schoolkids  62 years later!

Me ke aloha
-- Marla

On December 4, 2019, at 21:42, Jon Turner <jontur at gmail.com<mailto:jontur at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hello all,
Students at Council Rock High School South in Southampton, PA will be
talking with Astronaut Drew Morgan, KI5AAA aboard the ISS on Thursday.
Listen for the contact beginning at about 12:55 pm eastern time on Thursday,
December 5th.  You should be able to hear Drew on the ISS voice downlink at
145.800 MHz FM. The ISS pass will be a high one over our area. As a result,
we should be able to hear the downlink using a good vertical antenna and
perhaps even using an HT.  Give this a try if you can and see if you can
hear the ISS' side of the contact.  I will probably be in my car, listening
for the contact on my mobile radio and roof mount antenna.  I'll be
interested to hear if anyone is able to listen in on our weekly net, next
week.
73,
Jon Turner
AC1EV


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