QSL (front) from the International Space Station
- Station: ISS SSTV
Band: 145.800 MHz FM
Date: April 14, 2019
About: Owen from Bristol, England sent us information on the International Space Station (ISS) transmissions and a copy of a SSTV picture he downloaded. We have not tried to listen yet. The links below will assist when time permits.
Thanks Owen!
ISS Fan Club Link
How to get an ISS QSL Card Link
Notes:
Downloaded photo from the International Space Station
QSL (back) from the International Space Station
QSL from a terrestial ISS Fan - KF6FES
HAARP - High Frequency Active Auroral Reasearcp Prpgram
- Station: HAARP - High Frequency Active Auroral Reasearcp Prpgram
Band: 9600 kHz Shortwave
Date: December 27, 2022
About: The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) was initiated as an ionospheric research program jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It was designed and built by BAE Advanced Technologies. Its original purpose was to analyze the ionosphere and investigate the potential for developing ionospheric enhancement technology for radio communications and surveillance. Since 2015 it has been operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Wikipedia Link
Space.com article
Notes: The above Space.com article explains how HAARP was using a radio signal sent via shortwave to determine the composition of a near earth asteroid. I listened and emailed a reception report and recording to HAARP. They promised to send a QSL in a few weeks. I may have heard the echo rather than the original transmission from HAARP in Alaska. I wrote in my reception report "Your signal sounded like a low frequency burst of 5 or so beats. Like someone was banging them out on a bass drum. It was a rapid beat followed by an equal amount of time of silence. I am thinking the beats lasted maybe 1-2 seconds. On the SDR water fall your signal showed up as a series of forward slashes arranged in a column." Other listeners reported hearing sweep signals.