How I did it! Contacting the ISS in Space!

On July 18th 2022 I made a successful radio contact with Astronaut Kjell Lindgren on the ISS. One day later I recreate my setup and try for another contact.

[@BrentTaylor]

Sorry for the awful audio folks!

[@MrVeddhas]

You are a good Ham radio, thank you for the video, 73 CT2JBJ

[@ktowje]

Hi Brent, I wanted to ask you a question regarding communication with ISS but I noticed that you haven't uploaded any video for over a year now. I hope you are doing OK. Thanks for all you've done on this youtube channel. Greetings from Denmark. Wojtek

[@millennialguitarist3223]

Very glad to see you hit such a huge milestone and accomplishment with the ISS! Keep doing what you’re doing GOAT!

[@davegoodwin2474]

That was very well done, Brent. De VE3KG.

[@Ian..]

I’m just getting back into radio again after a long break. You explained this very well my friend, very inspirational. Thank you for the upload. 🙏

[@danielvillena3065]

Great video! You got me hooked to this topic.

[@oddvertex]

Extremely cool contact, neat setup, congrats

[@PlateauAstro]

Hi from Montréal! Thank you for the video. Just got into ham radio and receiving signals from the ISS and NOAA satellites. Looking forward to learning more and showing kids in schools all about amateur radio. Merci encore!

[@citicolina]

Thank you for taking the time to put this together with so much information, really good stuff.

[@xTrotts2618x]

Happy to see you're doing well, GOAT

[@fm71450]

First, congratulations on your good fortune! I got my US technician level ham license about 2 months back, and decided I wanted my first contact to be with ISS. We are in SE Tennessee, and the chatter across the repeater downlink all seems to be hams using the repeater to make contact with other ground-based hams. I am using the VHF voice uplink 144.49 / voice+video downlink 145.80 with no success yet. Thank for the great video. 73. Once I pass my General level exam, I will start trying for HF contacts, ISS or no ISS. Hoping I will fare better than with my lack of success to the ISS. It’s all good.

[@ktowje]

I've just finished watching over 1 hour of your videos, thank you for educating people! You have a great setup with 2 omnidirectional Eggbeater antennas home, why do you chase ISS with little Yagi antenna in hand? Greetings from Denmark, thanx again.

[@abhayabinduhewa9095]

I watched your video from Sri Lanka . And enjoyed it very much.

[@kristopherscott1228]

Great video Brent! 73

[@dxscotland5901]

Great setup Brent and love that sat box to make things easier! Thanks Gm4zji Chris

[@BrentTaylor]

Thanks Chris!

[@adrenalinowner7992]

Just came across your ISS contact… 👍🏼🇨🇦

[@mystikka1gaming740]

That is pretty cool that they take time out of what they do just to say Hello to us down here....

[@mistatecj]

Nice video. That is a lot of dandelions:)

[@smithers139]

Very interesting I’ve been working the repeater on the ISS using two had held s you make that antenna your self

[@RobVE1RMJ]

Congrats Brent on the contact! Great video, lots of information and a really nice portable setup. I'm trying to find a decent power pack to take portable.

[@BrentTaylor]

Thanks Rob! It's a great way to have fun, lpl

[@RobVE1RMJ]

@@BrentTaylor I hope I can get an ISS contact some day! 🤞🤞

[@temporarilyoffline]

Great video Brent!

[@BrentTaylor]

Thanks!

[@allilve]

nice

[@briangaskamp5024]

what are the frequencies to contact them please

[@WeThePeople001]

Hiw do you know when they are passing by?

[@Roanokekidstech]

Do the astronauts disable the repeater and use the same uplink/downlink or do they use another set of frequencies?

[@BrentTaylor]

They have two ways of doing it. Originally, they would use 145.800 / 144.490 but recently have just been taking over the ISS repeater radio, so stations on the ground can simply use their repeater memories in their radios and work 2 way with the ISS.

[@allocca2]

I don't understand. This is what I found: Voice and SSTV Downlink: 145.80 (Worldwide) Voice Uplink: 144.49 for ITU Regions 2 and 3 (The Americas, and the Pacific and Southern Asia) Voice Uplink: 145.20 for ITU Region 1 (Europe, Russia and Africa)

[@BrentTaylor]

In the example we were using the ISS cross-band voice repeater pair. Uplink on 145.990, receive downlink on 437.800

[@DarrenRipley]

@@BrentTaylor I'm surprised that you were able to get an astronaut on the repeater, the cross-band repeater is very crowded when they pass over here in Central Texas. Great work~!

[@GPSJayDog22]

Thanks 4 sharing 🙂 N6WIP