[GCARC] near direct overhead visible ISS pass - tonight 5:40pm!

[Tony Starr]

I didn't even think about that!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 11:30 AM A Cerami <ceramia at verizon.net> wrote:

> According to my calculations it was a good chance it was the Hubble Space
> Telescope.
>
> Anthony Cerami
>
> N2OAC General Class Amateur Radio Operator
>
> WRPU426 General Mobile Radio Service
>
> *What happens under the chassis stays under the chassis.*
>
>
> On Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 06:30:39 PM EST, Tony Starr <
> tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> That was a good pass!  I saw another smaller object pass overhead a minute
> or two ahead of the ISS.  Any guesses on what it was? Could it have been...
> the missing tool bag ???
>
> DE K3TS
>
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2023, 12:33 PM Jim n2gxj <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey, if meteor bounce off the Leonids didn't give you a chance to look
> up,
> > here is another!
> > If clear skies tonight (and is looking good for that), there is a visible
> > pass of the ISS tonight.
> > Should be able to just go outside, face SW, and a bright dot will rise up
> > from the horizon around 5:38, a couple minutes later will be passing near
> > straight overhead at 5:40, and then it will set, disappearing into the
> > Earth's shaddow in the NE a couple of minutes after that.
> > It should be a very bright dot and easy to see tonight (.-3.8 for you
> > amateur astronomers out there)
> > Oh, and if you have an FM ham radio, turn your antenna horizontal
> (parallel
> > to the ground and sideways to the visible pass) and tune to 437.8 Mhz FM
> > (Tune a little higher in frequency on the dot's way up, a little lower on
> > the dot's way down), with the squelch set to 0 (turn off squelch).
> > On 437.8 Mhz, when the ISS is overhead you might just hear some chatter
> on
> > the cross band repeater.  For bonus, if you have two radios, transmit on
> > the second radio on 145.99 Mhz FM with a PL tone of 67 to try and make a
> > contact with someone, while seeing if can hear your own voice on receive
> > radio you have tuned to 437.8.
> > Good luck!
> > Jim
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