All:
Does anyone have a short list of 1200 baud APRS / Packet satellites that
are operational? I've noticed quite a few new satellites in orbit since
being off-air for a while.
Tony
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Take a look at the AMSAT-NA Ambassador program!
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All:
I received a response from HRD regarding issues with their satellite
tracker and the ICOM-9700. They said that they were unable to provide
support at this time since my support subscription had expired.
I asked if they resolved the problems with their tracker and the 9700
and I've yet to receive a reply. The consensus among users that I've
spoke to is that the tracker doesn't function properly with this rig.
The main issue is that it doesn't allow the user to tune the radios VFO
with the Doppler correction enabled. There is a provision for manual
tuning, but it appears to have a bug since it works intermittently or
not at all.
Tuning the VFO with HRD's rig control works most of the time, but the
Doppler correction will often snap back to the previous frequency.
I'll report back as soon as I hear from HRD.
Tony -K2MO
Hi all
"NASA Scan" has published a note about ARISS and its 20 years.
As of today, nov 20, Only my comment appears there, so , I invite you to
say thanks to NASA ...
Look for their post dated on november 16
https://www.facebook.com/NASASCaN
and let them know, we amateur radio ops are here and that it was great
they had dedicated a post to ARISS and to all hams :-)
TNX
Fer
EC1AME
Spain
I went outside tonight to watch a high pass of the ISS and it was "running
late." About 5-10 minutes. Beautiful pass though.
When I came into the shack to check SatPC32, I discovered the current
download of nasabare keps was dated 11/4.
Apparently the ISS made a maneuver to accept the Dragon capsule and slightly
raised its orbit.
Oh well, it's always fun to watch the ISS go over.
Ron W5RKN
An interesting (at least to me) addendum to this thread.
An examination of the newly downloaded nasabare keps in use by my SatPC32
showed the date of the current ISS entry to be 11/6/20. Thus not
"up-to-the-second." Ed K9EK's data came from an iPhone app with unknown but
obviously newer data than mine.
Keep that in mind if working the ISS that very new keps are essential as the
ISS does do orbital changes from time to time.
Ron W5RKN
