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Originally Posted by smenkhare
Chatting to the shuttle? legally?
well i've got a radio telephone operators license so all set in that regard.
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I haven't done so recently, but yes, it is possible. I also spoke to a few Russians on MIR when that was up and running. They sometimes are on about 145.450 MHz which is in the amateur radio band, so all you need is an amateur radio licence, plus some gear of course!
Several years ago I helped a friend who is a school teacher and we set up my gear at the school and had 5 students and the school principle talk to the crew on the space shuttle. Each student got to ask one quick question - the length of the pass is only about 10 minutes. That was with a tracking yaggi antenna. With just a whip antenna, you only get about 5 minutes or so.