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Have you intercepted transmissions on all of these frequencies?

Also:

Is your "confirmation" based on reception on any of the frequencies you have listed?

For what is "RS" an abbreviation?

Are the EVA frequencies genuine "downlinks" to Mission control or are they space-to-space frequencies?

What, please, is the frequency of "Soyuz VHF-1"?

My confirmation is a NASA graphic outlining communications for ISS. I have also had most confirmed by reception.
"RS" is the abbreviation used by NASA to refer to Russia. "US" is used for United States.
The Russians use the EVA frequencies for communcitaion between the ISS and their suits. That communication is then relayed to the ground via various communication links. For example, RS EVA to suit - 130.167 means the frequency transmitted by ISS and received by the Orlan suit.
I have no listing for a VHF-1 for the Soyuz in my document.

Kenneth - N5VHO
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When you say "most confirmed by reception", which ones have you not received?

Unfortunately, Russian EVA activities never seem to occur during orbits over Houston so I have not had the opportunity to listen to the suit frequencies. Since the other frequencies work, I have no reason to doubt the documentation at this time.

Kenneth - N5VHO
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Hi,
The 130.167 freq is very reliable and super strong during EVA and Soyuz undoc ops.
I catch two or three orbits (but not the last) just before reentry of Soyuz.
Sometimes the crew is very quiet - very little said during a 10 minute pass.
Normaly all conversation in Russian.

I have not been able to detect sigs on 121 freqs during EVA.
Of course the TX will be very low power in any case, so my yagis built for 144.1 may be just too much of a dummy load at those fequencies. I will try other antenna next time to see....

;-)

RS is the abbreviation for Radio Sputnik...
73
Rod KA1RFD FN54