So - I'm somewhat of a space shuttle buff - and have been following the latest Hubble repair mission.
I've always thought it would be interesting to monitor their communications, but of course the majority of it is S-Band satellite, which would not be possible to monitor.
HOWEVER - when they are doing an EVA, my understanding is that the communication is done via UHF. The freqs are 296.8 Mhz and 259.7 Mhz. There's also a third freq of 279.0. (And the orbiter can use guard on 243.0)
This is detailed here in the explanation of the Orbiter Communication system:
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/tec ... ml#sts-uhfI thought of this because they are doing so many EVA's for this mission, 5 total, all 6+ hours long. The second one is underway now. So I am imagining they will be using the UHF quite a bit?
The big question is will they be on an orbit that will bring them overhead, where we could actually receive them. You can track the shuttle here:
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=34933If they were overhead during an EVA, it would surely be a fun challenge to try and receive. I don't have a good setup to receive mil-air comms, but I thought someone else might be up to this challenge.
If anyone hear's them, let me know!
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