First International Space Station Radio Contact!

International Space Station Contact . . . Holly Grail of HAM Radio!

Col Doug "AstroWheels" Wheelock - ISS QSO - 14 SEP 2010

ISS QSO 14SEP10 2010 UTC

Well this was the "holly grail" of QSOs or contacts for the new rookie or the established "Elmer" HAM radio operator. Luck was in the air as I made contact with Col Doug Wheelock aboard the International Space Station operating the onboard HAM radio station NA1SS. I felt privileged as he spent a bit of time chatting with me. This was for sure a thrill of a life time!

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Click the link below to download my ISS / Satellite Track Data Sheet
http://www.box.net/shared/09nk3y01t7

UTC Clock for the MAC - Northern Softworks
http://www.northernsoftworks.com/utcc...

Useful Apple iPhone APPS (iTunes)
• GoSatWatch
• HamClock

UPLINK: 144.490
DOWNLINK: 145.800

ISS Fan Club http://www.issfanclub.com

Col. Douglas Wheelock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_...

ISS Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat...

ISS ARRL QSL Card http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl/issqslinfo...

Arrow Antenna http://www.arrowantennas.com/

Yaesu VX-8R http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=...

Some interesting ISS links courtesy of Tim - AD7SX

Photos of NA1SS station equipment
http://twitpic.com/2lwwex

Info about the Ham station,antennas,connectors,radio modifications etc...
http://www.termeszetvilaga.hu/radioka...

ISS Tracking
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/...

ISS Sightings
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/...

ISS Tracking
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/...

ISS Timelines
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sta...

They post the next day's timeline usually p 00:00 UTC, but not always, especially on weekends. Also you will need to manually select the month as it does not automatically switch.