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From Renato........
Below is a transcript of this conversation with Andy Thomas:
Space station on this frequency, over.
Space station this is VK4 Tango November Tango, do you copy?
Tango November Tango, go ahead this is Space Station, over.
Good morning Space Station, this is Tango November Tango from South-East Queensland. We are at Queensland Astrofest, it’s about 100 people here, and all amateur astronomers. I would like to find out is it possible to get a QSO scheduled for tomorrow, back to you.
Negative I am afraid, we are undocking from the Space Station tomorrow, and the Space Shuttle Discovery is leaving, and won’t be back for some time, so this is the last opportunity to talk, over.
Roger that, well thank you very much for the QSO, we will send you a QSL card from QLD Astrofest, very pleased that I was able to talk to you, and I hope you guys have a great flight, back to you.
Well, thank you very much, and we are right over the coast line of Queensland right now, as I can tell, and heading North-East towards daylight. Tell everyone there at your event that … please pass on my greetings, I wish everyone well and can’t talk again another time but … operate of a spacecraft call, over.
Yes, Thank you very much. I will pass on the greetings and look forward to sending you the QSL card. Our location is 27 degrees South and 153 degrees East, this is Victor Kilo 4 Tango November Tango, back to you Space Station.
Copy that, Tango November Tango. I’m gonna sign of from this contact if you don’t mind, cause I might be able to get one other before we cross over the horizon. So, thank you for talking and good luck with everything, Space Station clear.
Roger that Space Station, thank you very much for the QSL and have a good flight. This is VK4TNT clear.
And KD5CHF aboard International Space Station on this frequency, over.
Glossary:
QSO ….. radio contact
QSL….. reception of radio transmission
KD5CHF….. amateur radio call sign of astronaut Andy Thomas
VK4TNT …. my amateur radio call sign (Renato Langersek)
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