Astronaut Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit. Image credit: NASA

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ISS spacewalk may be on VHF-2 frequency

When the Russian suits are used for an EVA from the ISS, they use the VHF-2 FM frequency 130.165 and they can be heard from England.

So stand by, Russia, India, Africa and Europe for an eavesdropping opportunity:

Following from NASA:

"Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov are preparing for two spacewalks. The main objectives of the first Russian excursion on May 30 are to install orbital debris protection panels on the Zvezda service module, route cables associated with the Automated Transfer Vehicle navigation systems and replace experiments on the module's hull.

"Wednesday's spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 UTC) and will last about six hours. NASA Television coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 1:30 p.m. (1730 UTC)"

So if you check the new keps (orbital boost last Wednesday) I bet she will be orbiting over Russia from that time, so Eastern Europe, India and Africa will hear first and later that evening might be audible on VHF-2 130.165 (Russian suits again) from the UK. Use your 2m beam and track the ISS.

TIMES:
1820 +6h = 0020 utc. Heavens-above has ISS visible at my QTH at 0038 UTC 31 May.

BTW you can get NASA TV on broadband internet nowadays.

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