ISS Static

[ChrisF]

I'm a noob so I'm sorry if this is a dumb question ...
When I get on the right frequency, 145.80, for the ISS when it passes over my part of the country -- I'm in Las Vegas -- I just hear wavering static that goes away as I move the radio left-right. Does this mean I'm getting the ISS but they just aren't transmitting at the moment, or is it that I'm getting the static from another source?
(I'm using a Wouxun kg-uvd1p with the squelch set at 5).

 

[office888]

Turn the squelch off for simplex / satellite work.

You reaallllyyy need a yagi for satellite work.

 

[hookedon6]

by "left or right" , do you mean you are PHYSICALLY moving the radio/antenna,...... or are you tuning the RX to correct for doppler shift?

 

[Qwazyone]

Try listening on 145.825 to see if anything is going on, you may hear some packets from the ISS digipeater