Listen to Andy Thomas on HAM radio from the ISS

[earth_bound_misfit]

Way cool! There was a astronomy get together held in Queensland called Astrofest, where a bloke named Renato Langersek (VK4TNT) managed to contact Andy Thomas on a ham radio. <br /><br />Listen here http://www.sas.org.au/renato/ISS_qso_with_KD5CHF.mp3<br /><br /><br />Here is the transcript.....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><br /><br />Space station on this frequency, over.<br /><br /><br />Space station this is VK4 Tango November Tango, do you copy?<br /><br /><br />Tango November Tango, go ahead this is Space Station, over.<br /><br /><br />Good morning Space Station, this is Tango November Tango from South-East Queensland. We are at Queensland Astrofest, it’s about 100 people here, and all amateur astronomers. I would like to find out is it possible to get a QSO scheduled for tomorrow, back to you.<br /><br /><br />Negative I am afraid, we are undocking from the Space Station tomorrow, and the Space Shuttle Discovery is leaving, and won’t be back for some time, so this is the last opportunity to talk, over.<br /><br />Roger that, well thank you very much for the QSO, we will send you a QSL card from QLD Astrofest, very pleased that I was able to talk to you, and I hope you guys have a great flight, back to you.<br /><br /><br />Well, thank you very much, and we are right over the coast line of Queensland right now, as I can tell, and heading North-East towards daylight. Tell everyone there at your event that … please pass on my greetings, I wish everyone well and can’t talk again another time but … operate of a spacecraft call, over.<br /><br /><br />Yes, Thank you very much. I will pass on the greetings and look forward to sending you the QSL card. Our location is 27 degrees South and 153 degrees East, this is Victor Kilo 4 Tango November Tango, back to you Space Station.<br /><br /><br />Copy that, Tango November Tango. I’m gonna sign of from this contact if you don’t mind,</p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Well, Sorry to say Andy, it appears nobody found this interesting enough to comment. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[lunatio_gordin]

Well, it is really cool I remember my friend's dad saying he talked to space shuttle astronauts on amateur radio before...

 

[henryhallam]

<font color="yellow"><br />Well, Sorry to say Andy, it appears nobody found this interesting enough to comment.<br /></font><br /><br />Please don't assume that. I for one read and enjoy almost all the links posted on this forum, this one included, but I don't necessarily comment because I don't want to clutter up the board with "useless" posts. I'm sure there are other people who feel the same way.

 

[mangoes]

Hello all,<br />my first post <br />I'm near Cairns and i recorded that contact on my scanner, you can listen to it on my website.<br />let me know what you think<br />

 

[SpaceKiwi]

I've heard this played on NASA TV several times as part of the STS-114 mission highlights. Nice work by all involved, and nice that Andy was able to make contact with one of his compatriots specifically. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[vk4tnt]

Hi there<br />You wrote there was something about my talk with Dr. Thomas on NASA TV. Could you please post the link for it on this site.<br />Thank you and regards<br />Renato Langersek

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Hi Renato, I think its pretty hit and miss as to when NasaTV may air this. You can check the schedule on this link<br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/<br /><br />which also has the live streams on it. Space Kiwi has a feed direct off the FTA satelitte which we in Australia should be able to recieve also.<br /><br />P.S great work catching Andy of the radio too! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>