ham radio operator speaks with space station

[tinyvillager]

Source: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=852560db-b97c-4565-afaf-01a1ca1e4fce&k=82481


"Mr. Carroll spoke on Thursday with Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American space tourist aboard the International Space Station (ISS)."


"I heard her say, 'C-Q, C-Q, C-Q,' and of course that means she wants to talk to someone, anyone who is listening," Mr. Carroll said. "And I thought: What the heck, you can't lose by trying."


---I need to get a ham radio.

edit by jgpaiva: fixing link

[Gothi[c]]

You can acutally talk to the folk up on the ISS regulary. I used to listen in allot.
Most of them astronauts are ham radio operators.
And there's a whole world of cool APRS and ISS tracking software out there! (example)

[hamradio]

I know a amateur radio operator close to me who talked with the space station several years ago.