Scanning for Shuttle & ISS transmissions

Scanners are totally legal.
The cops and services use a digital freq. now so they don't care bout 'em any more.

I was referring to transmissions only.

My reference to the mobile phones still stands. Even modern digitally encrypted transmissions can be cracked with ease if you have the manufacturer's system codes - which certain organisations in other countries do. Our government doesn't have a single completely secure system of sending and receiving messages, including the Defence Forces' private networks. For that matter neither does anyone else.

A pair of unattributable prepaid phones is the most secure/private/anonymous communications channel available nowadays short of dressing up in space suits, going on an EVA and touching faceplates while you're out there.

For all the times that passes have occured since this thread started, I still have not picked up audio from them. Nada. Anyone else have success at any time?

Seanie.

I picked up a modified Radio Shack Realistic Pro 2006 scanner recently as part of my meteor observation programme, capable of receiving everything (more or less) from 25MHz right up to 1300MHz. I haven't built a suitably tuned antenna for it yet. What frequencies are the ISS/Shuttle transmitting on?

Phil.

PhilipLardner wrote:

What frequencies are the ISS/Shuttle transmitting on?

Phil.

From Frank's first post:
Barberskum wrote:

For those of you with scanners that can pick up 145.800mhz fm (almost all can)... you should be able to pick up chatter from the Shuttle & ISS during the passes over Ireland...

Seanie.

Thanks Seanie - I should have read back first! Also, a quick Google search came up with this site:
www.zarya.info/Frequencies/FrequenciesISS.php which lists lots of frequencies used by NASA. Looks like 145.800MHz is only used for the amateur/anorack band station the ISS occasionally uses. We might have better luck on 121.750MHz (used during on-orbit operations to and from the Space Station - also transmits at 166 MHz and 922.763 MHz) 130.167MHz or 143.625MHz which carries voice used to relay Mission Control to the Shuttle.

Phil.