‘How I called International Space Station from my shed’ – BBC News

An amateur radio enthusiast managed to call astronauts on the International Space Station using simple equipment in his shed.
Adrian Lane, of Gloucestershire, sent out a call signal to the ISS and was “stunned” when he received a reply. He told Jane Hill on the Victoria Derbyshire programme that the astronaut on board told him the “stars look like diamonds” when viewed from the station.

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