CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS

 

 My QSO with NA1SS with Realistic HTX-202 portable               July,9,2010   

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 Howdy folks, i was driving down a road in Mount Pearl Newfoundland Canada yesterday and heard what sounded like a local ham i know transmitting on 145.800mhz FM, so i listened some more and what i heard amazed me, i heard NA1SS transmitting, i was not sure if they were useing spit frequency or not so i said what the heck, i went back to there call, "NA1SS this is VO1MDS over!" They said "Go ahead sir, this is NA1SS the international space station" I said to myself, No way they heard me useing my radioshack HTX-202 while useing a rubber duckie antenna inside the car, so i said well lets see, i went back again, " NA1SS this is VO1MDS do you hear me over?" NA1SS said " Yes sir we hear you go ahead!" i gave them my callsign, name, and QTH, as fast i heard NA1SS they disappered.

This was my very 1st contact with the international space station... What a contact!!

 I guess VHF can be heard a very long way away! straight up...lol

Thanks folks of NA1SS, i well be looking forward to our next QSO.

73 de vo1mds / Darrell