VE7DAO - Amateur Radio Station

WARA Net

The Westcoast Amateur Radio Association meets on the air on 2 Meters on the frequency of 146.84 Mhz on Mondays at 7pm and presents radio related information to it's members and all listeners. Radio check ins are taken then a Swap 'n Shop is done after the net.

10 Meter and 2 Meter USB nets

On Wednesdays at 9pm various radio amateurs call in on 10 meters on 28.4 Mhz to discuss the latest goings-on. Sometimes depending on conditions or lack of propagation the group migrates to 2 meter USB on 144.220 Mhz. All are welcome to listen in or participate by checking in with the group.

Recent ISS Contact

I am very pleased to announce that I was finally able to make contact with the International Space Station after 20 years of trying since having my Ham Radio license. I spoke with Col. Doug Weelock, KF5BOC as NA1SS on the ISS while traveling in the car downtown Victoria, B.C. on two successful concurrent orbits. What fun and such an exhilarating experience.

Those with scanners may listen on 145.800 Mhz for communications coming down from the ISS. For pass times you may visit Heavens Above for prediction times for your location. There are many resources on the web for information.

On of the best is ISS Fan Club.

Malcolm Scrimger, VE7DAO

AO-51 SSTV Success

Successfully received a SSTV signal from AO-51 and decoded it with MMSSTV.

A special event message was made available through HamSat AO-51 which marked the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing. AO-51 had transmitted a special message commemorating the event during evening passes on Monday, July 20 and into early July 21 UTC. I was able to receive the digital message which was transmitted on the 435.300 MHz FM downlink. A special AO-51 SWL QSL will be sent to ground stations who copied the downlink.

I then received the following QSL card in return

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