Finally made a Contact
Well I have been trying for a while to get a contact with the ISS, and today I finally did.
9-2-2010 22:55UTC NA1SS de W1MED !
I managed to record it as well but forgot to turn up the mic level so you have to blast the sound to hear it, but its clear as day.
I have been trying to develop a fixed elevation antenna on a cheap radio shack rotor, my 1st attempt was a failure, but today I mounted an Elk antenna on a PVC Mast set at 17 Degree's and it works AWESOME !!!
73
Craig
W1MED
W1MED – Thu, 2010 – 09 – 02 19:17
elk
i did the same thing a yr ago with the pvc 20 deg fixed with rotor works great use it on fm sats if i dont want to go out with arrow on tripod also got my first cotact iss yesterday 9 1 10 at a 18 deg pass i have my elements vertical are you doing the same ok 73 ke3lb
Actually, It's Your Second Contact
If you listen to the recording I posted yesterday for the pass at 2218 UTC on 1 September 2010, you can hear him respond to you (unless he got the wrong call).
Congratulations on your contacts!
Todd
AL0I
Anyone have recording from 8/30 23:03?
After about 4 years, I finally made a contact. Thanks to COL Wheelock. I have a TV rotor for azimuth and an old Alliance rotor for elevation. I made the antennas from an old Radio Shack FM antenna I got from a gentleman who worked for BellCom on the Apollo project at the Cape and in Houston. The VHF yagi is vertical.
Darrell
KB1NBU