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Sending SMS Messages Through the ISS (2020)
- hk__2 5y ago(2020)
- dang 5y agoAdded. Thanks!
- ushakov 5y agoimagine the hilarious conversation between the OP and his buddies/colleagues "What did you do this weekend?" OP: "Drank some beer and sent some SMS through space"
- bityard 5y agoBouncing radio signals off of LEO satellite repeaters like the ISS is surprisingly easy. All you need is a couple of inexpensive handheld transceivers, an antenna (that you can build) and an amateur radio license.
- doopy1 5y agoCan you recommend any good guides to get started?
- genewitch 5y agoQuansheng* radios, headphone and mic jack adapters for the radio and your phone, and software to decode ham digital modes. As far as the license goes, arrl online will have resources for your area to take the required test. * Yes I know most people think of baofeng but after owning lots of cheap radios the best, far and away, is the quansheng. They're very loud and clear with receive audio, they are yaesu accessory compatible (iirc) and the older ones are basically the Nokia handset of handheld radios.
- doopy1 5y agoCool, thanks for the tip. I do have a baofeng that I use for channel surfing here and there.
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- zikduruqe 5y agoI was bored one day, decided to receive SSTV from the ISS. https://streamable.com/q9oa0 https://streamable.com/q9oa0
- stavros 5y agoI have the stuff in your video but no idea what you're doing. Can you explain some more? I assume the ISS transmits some image data modulated as audio, which the computer can then read via the Baofeng and convert back to an image?
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- amenghra 5y agoThis is really neat, glad it made it to the front page! An interesting next step could be: do it with a budget of less than $x, gradually decreasing x each time.
- jbj 5y agoI read about something called othernet that allows receving those messages with a parabolic antenna
- bityard 5y agoThe article describes APRS, a digital ham radio protocol. Othernet is a broadcast system, nothing to do with ham radio.
- _HMCB_ 5y agoFor a second, I thought the title was “…through ISIS.”