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Alex KR1ST
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Dutch expat now hamradioactive from North East PA. https://www.qrz.com/db/kr1st #Hamradio #AmateurRadio #vinyl
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Jim "Ham on a Bike" @n4jaw.bsky.social · Apr 13
Not sure what, if anything the current #Iss crew has done but my current reception of #SSTV images are the clearest I've ever received. Thanks #NASA and @arissintl.bsky.social #ariss #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
04/13/2025 1235 UTC SSTV image received by N4JAW over EM78 Louisville, KY. USA. 04/13/2025 1240 UTC SSTV image received by N4JAW over EM78 Louisville, KY. USA.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Apr 12
Just received these two SSTV images from the ISS on 145.8 MHz at 13:30 UTC (4/12/2025 09:30 EDT).

#ARISS #ARISS_SSTV #Hamradio #AmateurRadio
SSTV image 9 of 12 as received from the ISS on 04/12/2025 at 13:27 UTC. "Humans in Space" "First Human Tended Space SSTV" SSTV image 10 of 12 as received from the ISS on 04/12/2025 at 13:431 UTC. "Humans in Space" "First Ham Expedition"
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Apr 11
Two more images (11 and 12 of 12) from the ISS on a 10 degree maximum elevation pass.

#ARISS #ISS #ARISS_SSTV #AmateurRadio #Hamradio
SSTV image 11 of 12 as received from the ISS on 04/11/2025 at 20:44 UTC. "Humans in Space" "First ISS Spaceflight Participant" SSTV image 12 of 12 as received from the ISS on 04/11/2025 at 20:48 UTC. "Humans in Space" "Last Shuttle Ham Commander"
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Jim "Ham on a Bike" @n4jaw.bsky.social · Apr 11
1st capture of
@arissintl.bsky.social #SSTV Series 26: Humans in Space 4/11/25 1905 UTC over EM78 Louisville, KY USA #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #ARISS #Iss
#NASARadioClubs #issfanclub
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Apr 11
Slide 1 of 12 is in!

#ARISS ARISS_SSTV #AmateurRadio #Hamradio
SSTV image as received from the ISS on 04/11/2025 at 19:13 UTC. "Humans in Space" "Congratulations on Cosmonautics Day!" SDR Console screenshot showing a very strong signal on the waterfall of the ISS SSTV transmission on 145.8 MHZ +/- Doppler.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Feb 20
Last image I received from the Fram2Ham #ARISS #SSTV experiment.

#Hamradio #AmateurRadio
Fram2Ham Test Showing Jannicke Mikkelson and Norway RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 4/12 NA1SS
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Feb 20
Four more images I received from the Fram2Ham #ARISS #SSTV experiment.

#Hamradio #AmateurRadio
Fram2Ham Test Showing Russian Cosmonaut at the ham radio station aboard the ISS RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 10/12 NA1SS Fram2Ham Test Showing Berlin Germany and Rabea Rogge on skis in the snow. RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 10/12 NA1SS Fram2Ham Test Showing the Fram 2 Crew in front of what looks like the base of a Falcon rocket. RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 7/12 NA1SS Fram2Ham Test Showing Canberra, Australia and Eric Philips. RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 10/12 NA1SS
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Feb 20
Awesome! I just received the #ARISS #SSTV Award by email. Thanks @arissintl.bsky.social !!
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station ARISS SSTV Award No 24033 Alex KR1ST Received SSTV images from the ISS broadcast of the Fram2Ham exercise for the planned FRAM2 space mission. The images were sent via an Amateur Radio system on 437.550 MHz, installed on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. RV3DR ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer KA3HDO ARISS Europe Chair Oliver Amend DG6BCE SSTV Gallery Operations Coordinator Will Marchant KW4WZ Mentor ARISS Europe Armand Budzianowski SP3QFE ARISS SSTV Award Manager Slawomir Szymanowsky SQ3OOK RS0ISS/NA1SS February 13-17, 2025 Fram2Ham SSTV Simulation on the International Space Station Fram2Ham Test Showing the original Fram ship. RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 9/12 NA1SS Fram2Ham Test Showing Russian Cosmonaut at the ham radio station aboard the ISS RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 10/12 NA1SS Fram2Ham Test Showing Antartica RS0ISS Series 24 Slide 8/12 NA1SS
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Jan 18
Thanks! I couldn't believe it was still available when I got it 25 or so years ago.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Jan 17
#AHamsSilentFridayNight

#hamradio #AmateurRadio
Satellite antennas with a vertical antenna in between them on the right against an early evening starry night sky and a tree line at the bottom one third of the frame. To the left is a feedline running up to an 80m doublet in the trees. Just to the left of that, right above the tree line is a bright Venus with a dimmer Saturn to the left of it.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Jan 14
#AHamsSilentTuesdayMorning

#Hamradio #AmateurRadio
Head on cellphone picture of the vertical satellite yagis with a vertical antenna in between them against a very early morning sky with some clouds bands. To the right of the antennas is an almost full moon with Mars to the south east of it.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 16
Yeah, we saw that too! My wife and I play Connections and Spelling Bee pretty much every day. Hamradio has also appeared in the Spelling Bee game before I think.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 16
After lunch with some former university coworkers in downtown Scranton I decided to do an impromptu #POTA activation this afternoon from the Steamtown National Historic Site, US-0864.

#hamradio #AmateurRadio
Reading Lines steam locomotive at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA Pacific Union steam locomotive at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA QSO map with pins in the states and provinces that I worked. Inside look of the car with the 706 to the right and a laptop desk attached to the steering wheel with laptop and headset to the left.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 15
Looks like it keeps transmitting the same image on every pass.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 14
I don't know at what times you are trying to work MS, but late evenings and early mornings are the best times here. During the day the Geminids are below the horizon so I'd hear very little MS.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 14
SONATE-2 SSTV (Martin 1) images as received on 145.880 MHz at the 20:09UTC pass this afternoon.

I was too late to correct the slant on the first image, but was able to do so on the second image. Something hosed up the transmission of the 2nd image. No interference.

#hamradio #AmateurRadio
Alt text SONATE-2 SSTV (Martin 1) image as received on 145.880 MHz. I was too late to correct the slant in MMSSTV. SONATE-2 SSTV (Martin 1) image as received on 145.880 MHz. I was able to correct the slant this time, but something happened halfway during the transmission that hosed up the image. Shown are some clouds over North America.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 14
Very nice!! I will see what I can receive on the 20:09 UTC/ 3:09pm EST US East Coast pass this afternoon. Hopefully I set it all up OK.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 14
Congratulations, Brandon! That's awesome!
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 14
To find out where to look in the sky for meteors, or where to aim your beam for #MeteorScatter, try the old Virgo app (Windows and Linux) maintained by DB1BM and DL8AAU:

www.dl1dbc.net/Meteorscatte...

You do have to enter your grid every time you start it, unfortunately.

#hamradio #AmateurRadio
Screenshot of the Virgo app. It shows where the meteor storms are originating from in the sky. At this time it shows the Geminids setting in the NW. The compass dial is showing lines indicating where to aim the antenna, SW or NE in this case for the Geminids.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 13
Wow, that's amazing!
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 13
It's a rockin' night on 2m! I just worked KB8W (751mi, 1202km) on 2m Meteor Scatter (144.150MHz, MSK144).

#hamradio #AmateurRadio
PSKReporter screenshot showing KB8W receiving me at +4dB on 144.150MHz MSK144. WSJT-X Fast Graph image of a nice meteor scatter ping I received from KB8W
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 7
Congratulations! That's awesome!
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 3
LOL! I bet you do get a lot of requests like that. 😄

These F2 openings, like we also had to the west coast and Europe last week, are so nice because we don't have to compete with stations that are a hop closer during a multi-hop Es opening. Signals are a lot stronger too.
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 3
Ah, that was you on the other side! Awesome! It was so good to finally see Alaska on 6m. So often I've seen propagation stretching into your direction only to abruptly drop after working a few stations in BC. This time it just opened to AK out of the blue. Funny band 6m. 😄
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Alex KR1ST @kr1st.bsky.social · Dec 2
I didn't organize this or had anything to do with the educational aspect of it. I just happened to learn this morning that this school contact was going to happen and decided to record it since I had the day off anyway. 😄
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