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  • Kenwood D700, Packet Status   32 weeks 19 hours ago

    I have just had an easy pass and contact using:

    D700 MENU 3-B: Packet path = ARISS, WIDE3-3
    D700 MENU 3-E: Unprotocol = APRS

  • Capt. Sunita Williams (NA1SS) - Lafayette Middle School, Lafayette , GA, 1504 UTC on 21 September 2012   33 weeks 19 hours ago

    PUDE GRABAR LA PASADA DESDE MI ESTACION !!!
    http://youtu.be/JszlJMk2JMk

    le puse algunas imagenes ilustrativas.
    73´s de LW8EXS

  • Live broadcast of ISS amateur radio CubeSat Deployment   33 weeks 2 days ago

    Due to the late departure of ATV3, this deployment has been delayed a week.

  • ISS Radio Report   33 weeks 5 days ago

    Congratulations!. I am lookin for the same experience. but.......................
    Please let me know thw program that you use, I am interesting in packet only (for now). Please let me know at kp4jev@gmail.com. 73

  • ISS Radio Report   34 weeks 4 hours ago

    Congrats on the packet contact. I hear the packet almost every time the station is overhead. I'm still waiting for a voice contact.

  • Help with APRS to ISS   34 weeks 2 days ago

    Thank you Ken for the hint ! It works perfect !

  • ISS Radio Report   34 weeks 2 days ago

    I was mobile in Southern California with a hand held in the car, heading to Edwards AFB to see the Shuttle. Voice came in very strong and clear answering questions from schools. Could not hear the uplink end, only the down link. Great signal. ! 73 to the crew in orbit!

    KJ6YKO

  • ARISS Status September 10, 2012   35 weeks 1 day ago

    since Col Wheelock has left last nov, that was the last of a ham guy who happends to be on the iss, he had more fun doing ham than anything else lots of missed sleep time for him.
    maybe we will have a new guy in exp34

    Dan

  • ISS Radio Report   35 weeks 3 days ago

    Depends on the crew member. Some like to make them. Some do not.

  • Help with APRS to ISS   35 weeks 3 days ago

    If you replace WIDEn-N with ARISS then you should be ready to go.

  • ARISS Status September 10, 2012   35 weeks 3 days ago

    how come there isn't any direct contact with the crew? instead of just school contacts

    george

  • ISS Radio Report   35 weeks 3 days ago

    how come there isn't any direct contact with the crew? instead of just school contacts

  • Help with APRS to ISS   35 weeks 3 days ago

    Hello !

    I just started working in APRS and there are a lot of things that I try to understand when it comes to make a contact via ISS. I have a MAAS AHT-2UV transceiver connected with a pair of audio cables to a Android phone, which runs APRSdroid application. For "terrestrial" APRS, all it is perfect, I can receive and transmit APRS packets without any packets, using normal DIGI PATH WIDEn-N.

    Now, my question is: for ISS operation, the DIGI PATH field im my application sould be set with the following string: UNPROTO CQ VIA ARISS ?

    Thank you !

    Best 73 !
    Catalin, YO3FVR

  • When will the repeater be back on?   35 weeks 4 days ago

    An idea of ​​the difficulty to programming the output power in the ISS repeater

    Press the MENU button
    Select OUTPUT POWER and press ENTER
    Select the needed power and press ENTER
    Press MENU for close .......

    Or a variation more or less complicated ............

    This directly on TRx or in the repeater control computer
    In my opinion it does not cost a million dollars ( but in the NASA possible....... )

    The problem is to want

    73 de Bernard FY1LE

  • ISS Radio Report   35 weeks 4 days ago

    I think the switching off of the radio is related to the preparations for the undocking of HTV-3 on sept 12.

  • When will the repeater be back on?   35 weeks 5 days ago

    The solutions are easy but the excessive amounts of money to implement them is much harder to acquire.

  • Still doing the ISS Achievement Award?   35 weeks 5 days ago

    Hello IK1SLD

    I also have used the ISS APRS Digipeater, in my records the last time I used it was on May 20, 2012 06:54:44 UTC which is within the last 4 months. Will I still be able to apply for the ISS Achievement Award?

    Thank you. 73.

    9W2HFY Wakaf Bharu Malaysia

  • ISS Radio Report   35 weeks 6 days ago

    Reception of the ISS beacon and digipeater has been working quite well for me today, much better than I was getting via UHF.

  • When will the repeater be back on?   35 weeks 6 days ago

    The problem is easy to fix!
    If the brilliant minds who have installed the system did not think the classical repeaters constraint Is that they are very bad !!
    The solution is to reduce the TX power output .....
    One or two watts ouput are enouth for make ISS contact with an GP antenna !!
    The only thing to make : reprogram the Tx .......

    But as no one is interested in amateur radio in NASA or Russian because it brings nothing in public relations ...... We will wait for long time or eternity !

    73 to all - Bernard FY1LE

  • When will the repeater be back on?   36 weeks 2 days ago

    The Russian team has expressed concerns about the duty cycle the repeater places on the radio and will not likely be used until that situation changes.

  • Kenwood D700   36 weeks 3 days ago

    I'm hearing they want to try from Oct - Dec this year but they have to install some new equipment before they can start. Not sure when that will occur but probably near the end of Sept.

  • Kenwood D700   36 weeks 3 days ago

    Any ideas when these SSTV operations might take place?

  • André Kuipers: bringing space a little closer to home   36 weeks 3 days ago

    http://www.pe1pqx.eu/foto-gallerij-hobby-gerelateerd/category/2-welkomst...

    Here are about 36 pictures I took at the heroes welcome of André Kuipers in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
    I was fortunate to attend this event an had the chance to shake hands with André Kuipers himself and swiftly asked him his opinion about amateur radio aboard the ISS.
    His answer was "Always a pleasure to speak with a Dutch HAM-radio operator" (probably because he rarely heard spoken words in Dutch while on orbit)

    73',
    André Berends PE1PQX

  • Kenwood D700   36 weeks 3 days ago
    ATV

    The purifier is only needed to support the ATV that is currently attached. That vehicle is scheduled to depart in late Sept. Once gone the need for the purifier will also be gone so packet should be back afterwards.

    Packet has been on recently as I think the ATV was closed for recent space walks. Not sure if it will stay on until ATV leaves. I'm also hearing the the Russians are planning some SSTV activity in the near future. That would occur in place of the VHF packet operations. UHF packet operations should continue.

    Kenneth - N5VHO

  • ARISS contact planned with school in Germany   36 weeks 4 days ago

    Suppose you have a javascript variable called currentStat in your page and want to know its recent value
    you can just type javascript::alert(currentStat); in addressbar of the current page and enter.-Douglas Battista

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