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Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by Sooty » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:17 pm

Hard to make out,but a first for me. :clap:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by Knife 04 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:18 pm

Absolutely nothing in the south of the UK :grr: Anybody else?

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by DaveChapman » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:19 pm

First for me also,garbled though :thumbs:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by gonk » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:20 pm

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by zacwatson » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:21 pm

I got nothing. i think my antennas not good enough
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by GOOSE » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:22 pm

enjoyed all that. Thanks for your company ladies and gents. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by davedubya » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:22 pm

Picked up something on the frequency, nothing legible - mainly gaps in the static.

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by thommg » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:26 pm

I got a brief breakthrough on 259.7 but nothing I could make sense of.

Excellent proof of the merits of a good antenna ;) I'm on a Moonraker "desktop discone" with an amp :@

Looking forward to any comms other FC folks have recorded! :thumbs:
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by dragon51 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:27 pm

Well done all excellent reading that's what the hobby is about

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by Gary » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:28 pm

Just a bit of breakthrough here in South Lincs :( Discovery you let me down for the first time :lol:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by thommg » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:31 pm

nwmonitor wrote:Posted mine above, but here it is again:
http://www.4shared.com/audio/z7ne_kpO/S ... 215Z_.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great work NW! I'm a bit gutted because I've had a Shuttle loud and clear before....but just a burst tonight :(
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by GOOSE » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:34 pm

nw monitor's links keep crashing my system? Anyone else having a problem? :unsure:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by pilot_ngb » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:38 pm

Here ya go. Here's my audio from Newcastle.

First sentence is unreadable. Rest is loud and clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKMBFj9BKfY

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by thommg » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:38 pm

Fantastic video of Shuttle overflying UK from Twitter's @VirtualAstro here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HS4-e7Z ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by dantheman_09 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:42 pm

Thats 2009 :lol:
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by GreenBat » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:43 pm

GOOSE wrote:nw monitor's links keep crashing my system? Anyone else having a problem? :unsure:
working fine for me :whistle: Nice recording nw :thumb:

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by davedubya » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:44 pm

Thanks Gary for starting this thread (the radio talk was a bit more understandable in this thread, compared to the Milair section.)

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by SamP » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:44 pm

That was fantastic! Got some great comm's this time too, fantastic reception tonight :cool: Just a shame it's so long after sunset, would have been great to see her one last time :(

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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by Knife 04 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:46 pm

thommg wrote:Fantastic video of Shuttle overflying UK from Twitter's @VirtualAstro here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HS4-e7Z ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sorry Tom - I dont think that is this is this evening - look at the timeline. Dont even think its the Shuttle (the external tank separation would not be visible from the UK) - stand to be corrected though!

Great comms NW - Nothing at all from just outside Newbury (or maybe I need to climb in the loft and throw the antenna out of the window!). Anybody else get anything from the South apart from Spirit of Kitty Hawk - Dragon51?

cheers and thanks for the posts - a good evening!
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Re: Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

Post by thommg » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:48 pm

dantheman_09 wrote:Thats 2009 :lol:
Oh Dan...it's OK.. my brain transplant is booked :blush:

Hadn't realised @VirtualAstro on Twitter was republishing old material...

No wonder I was impressed! Duh! :(
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