Making My FIRST ISS Satellite Contact!

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Sorry for the dark and grainy video, I recorded this on the roof of my house around 1:00 AM.
I made my FIRST ever amateur radio satellite contact on the International Space Station (ISS) very early around 1:00 AM CDT on Wednesday May 22, 2024!
This was such a fun experience, even more special with the gentleman I made the contact with, KF5PV, allowing his young nephew to try making a contact for himself. Hopefully Dominick also enjoyed our short contact, and this experience encourages him to explore the amateur radio hobby farther.
Also, huge shout out to Eric (‪@KH6WI‬) for helping get everything programmed up pretty fast last minute, really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.
Hopefully this will be the first of MANY satellite contacts to come!
Paul (‪@paulkf5pv‬) also recorded our QSO as well, check out his video of the pass: • working kI5IRE via the...
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