Amateur Radio Enthusiast Speaks With International Space Station From UK Shed

British resident Adrian Lane was able to make contact with the International Space Station from his UK garden shed.  The amateur radio enthusiast used his gear to plot the space station’s route and was able to find a four-minute “contact window” when he could send a signal to the space station.  Lane was delighted when a US astronaut responded back to him saying “welcome aboard” and the two engaged in a 50 second conversation before the space station fell out of range.  “I basically asked who he was and how things were in space. The adrenaline was pumping. It’s not every day you get to talk to some guy in space.”  

See Louie Smith, Amateur radio enthusiast dials in to the International Space Station from his SHED, The Mirror, August 5, 2015.