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VU2RTF was heard loud and clear throughout the pass of International Space Station in this region today morning accessible for my limited setup. Had a quick contact with

I was tuning around 15m band today and found a pileup of stations on 21.155 MHz and thought that a DXpedition must be around. Checked the frequency on

The pass of International Space Station in my region, starting at 6.25 pm had a maximum elevation of about 51 degrees and it was an Eastern pass. During

Pass of ARISS at 0300z: Heard VU2MZT, VU2LBW, VU2PEP, VU2HMY. All had excellent signals, received with my fixed elevation/azimuth Moxon Yagi and IC-2730A dual band VHF/UHF radio.

AO-123 (ASTRU-1) is a 12U Cubesat which was launched last year. One Cubesat unit measures 10 x 10 x 10 cm. FM transponder was activated intermittently on weekends