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Old 06-20-2006, 09:53 AM  
OzMan
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Originally Posted by biftek
i've talked to the old space station , the russian one , MIR
using 2meters on ham radio , talked to andy thomas
also talked to MIR via packet radio

i think ISS is still doing it , not to sure , but they do take pics of earth as they fly over head and send it down to ham radio operators via slow scan tv
awesome.. yeah I think they are still doing that, I have just never got around to getting my amateur license.

...Thanks for the comments. Any pics I took would have come out as a white blur. I am planning to get a camera mount on a telescope so that will produce some good shots hopefully.

The next good pass will be on July 4. (You just enter in your lat/long on http://heavens-above.com and it tells you what to look for where and when etc) I have a feeling that July 4 won't be the best night to be looking for lights in the sky though.
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