{"id":14943,"date":"2025-07-25T15:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=14943"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:52:42","slug":"worked-new-station-on-ariss-vu2fpm-today-noon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/worked-new-station-on-ariss-vu2fpm-today-noon\/","title":{"rendered":"Worked new station on ARISS, VU2FPM today noon"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LyQ29RPNXpE?si=o5z15DNE1zYQ-y6k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a near overhead pass of International Space Station and I heard VU2FPM and the NA1SS Morse Code Beacon of ARISS. Gave a call and had a quick contact with VU2FPM over the voice transponder of ARISS. That was my first QSO with a new LEO satellite operator in this region. After the pass VU2NSL called me on phone and told me that he had heard and called me as well. But I missed him as the pass was at low elevation by that time. Here is the curated recording of the pass after removing most of the silent periods with just the hissing noise of open squelch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a near overhead pass of International Space Station and I heard VU2FPM and the NA1SS Morse Code Beacon of ARISS. Gave a call and had a quick contact with VU2FPM over the voice transponder of ARISS. That was my first QSO with a new LEO satellite operator in this region. 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