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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: WigWag Workshop on August 27, 2010, 10:01:12 pm
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Good Evening Folks
Hope it's OK I post non-scroll saw stuff here. If you have read my introduction post, you will know that I hold a amateur radio license, well tonight the International Space Station made a pass over my house. It was a beautiful site seeing it in the sky. You may not know this, but the folks aboard the ISS, have a ham radio on board, and they communicate with us hams. I was not able to make contact with them myself, but I was able listen to fellow hams make contact with them. It's sorta a rare occasion, and thought I would share it with ya'll.
Steven
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Hey Steven, Wow that is a great story! My Father in law was a ham, and used to talk to people all over the world. Loved to hear his stories!
Thanks for sharing!
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Great story, my dad and grandpa had set ups and talked between texas and idaho regularly. What an experience, being able to hear the ISS!
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Hi Steven, that must have been some experience. Yes this is the place to share what you like. Thanks for sharing.
David
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This is an interesting story!
Do you need a big telescope to see the ISS or how does that work?
what scrolling be like in zere gravity? ;D dust all over the place ::)
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I have used a telescope to view the ISS a few times at night when the sky's are clear. Really an awesome sight. 8)
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This is an interesting story!
Do you need a big telescope to see the ISS or how does that work?
what scrolling be like in zere gravity? ;D dust all over the place ::)
No telescope needed to see it in the sky, this pass was pretty close. I was using a ham radio to listen to the signals, with an antenna mounted on a tripod. You only have about 4 minutes to try and make a contact with them, before they are out of range.
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It is only moving at 17,500 miles per hour (that's about 5 miles per second!). This means that the Space Station orbits Earth (and sees a sunrise) once every 92 minutes! It not easy keeping it in view of the telescope. 8)
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Didn't think there was many hams around now with the internet and skype, I used to listen them on the radio [short wave] when I was a lad, an interesting hobby
Jimbo
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WOW!! Just think. And think I drive fast!