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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Calvin McDonald 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

When I had my QSO with Kjell on the ISS back in July 2022 it all happened suddenly and as a total surprise. I had wanted to have an ISS QSO for some time but a little research shows that it's pretty difficult and unlikely - so I never burned any calories trying. July 24, 2022 was just another typical ISS pass - typical pileup over the US. I was just fighting to get in a contact or two for the pass and out of the blue Kjell came on and started having short QSOs with whoever happened to be on. It took me a few frantic tries to make contact. Let me say, it's a real rush to hear "thanks and 73 from the International Space Station"! Fortunately I was able to find someone who recorded the audio of the pass and got a copy of it. After Kjell was back on Earth I was sent a signed picture of him, a short note and a couple of mission stickers, which I have framed on my shack wall (picture on QRZ). I indeed count myself very lucky - especially given I wasn't even trying. Good luck to all that are trying, I wish you all can have the experience. N7AY On 2/22/2023 12:03 PM, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB wrote: > My radio has 145.800 in the scan list 24/7 just in case someone calls > a CQ, the crew onboard are active and supporting school contacts which > is great and I appreciate , I still remember hearing those CQ's from > Richard Garroitt (W5KWQ) and Bill McArthur (KC5ACR), Bill logged 1.8 K > QSO's with Radio Hams around the world. Still waiting for a CQ call > from the ISS. > > 73 > Nitin [VU3TYG] > > > On Thursday, 23 February, 2023 at 12:13:17 am IST, Jean Marc Momple > via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > Mark, > > I fully agree and this is the basis of my request. If anyone have a > QSO with an ISS astronaut just please tell him that we in the Indian > Ocean would really like to have a chat with him hopefully it make work > out as the first ever HAM contact with the ISS from 3B8. > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3 > >> On Feb 22, 2023, at 9:50 PM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB >> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> It doesn't matter where you are on the planet, casual ham contacts >> with astronauts are exceptionally rare unless there happens to be a >> crew member aboard who is particularly interested in getting on the >> air. Most of the astronauts only have the ham license because it's >> part of their mission training for use of ARISS for school contacts. >> Only on the occasions when we have someone such as Kjell Lindgren, >> KO5MOS, aboard are you likely to hear the ISS operating casually. >> -- >> Mark D. Johns, KØJM >> AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor >> Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd >> ----------------------------------------------- >> "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, >> you would stay out and your dog would go in." >> ---Mark Twain >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:33 AM Timokhov, Sasha via AMSAT-BB >> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active >> here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when >> the downlink from the crew is on. >> >> Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! >> >> 73! >> >> VE3SVF >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB >> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, >> unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they >> do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 >> OM’s capable of doing so in the region. >> >> In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS >> could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over >> Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time >> possible in the next 2 weeks. >> >> Thanking you beforehand >> >> 73 >> >> >> Jean Marc (3B8DU) >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. 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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Jean Marc Momple 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hi Charlie, Thanks for tips and really appreciate you input. I ave been trying for years to make a direct QSO with the ISS and fully understand the difficulties. Thus my mail on the BB, if anyone making a QSO with an astronauts on the ISS just ask him to check the radio when over 3B8, I am just trowing a bottle in the ocean and hope that someone, somewhere may help. It may work if I am lucky... 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU) > On Feb 22, 2023, at 10:22 PM, Charlie Sufana via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As has been posted numerous times by me to the AMSAT-BB, here are some tips for making a general contact with the ISS. Please review the possible contact times below, there will be no contact if the crew isn't awake but happens to be over your location. There definitely will be no contact if the ISS is not over your location when you elect to try. Make sure your orbital prediction software has the latest Kep data and that the computer clocks are synched to a time standard. > > Here is what I post with every one of my postings to the AMSAT-BB. > > ********************************************************************************* > Comments on making general contacts > > I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. > > Typical daily schedule > > Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours > > Workday start to Workday end=12 hours > > Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours > > Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours > > The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. > > SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ <https://www.ariss.org/> for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. > > And don’t forget that the packet system is active. > > As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. > > The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html <https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html> > The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html <https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html> > > ********************************************************************************* > > We at ARISS can not make a crewmember make general contacts. We have sometimes suggested that someone might want to be on the air for something like Field Day or Jamboree on the Air, but again we have limits. We work with the ISS planners to get the school contacts scheduled as those contacts are actually during scheduled time off that gets made up later in the day. Some of the crewmembers played ham radio on earth many times and are wanting to make general contacts; others may have gotten their license just so that they could have contacts with the various schools under the ARISS program and might not want to make general contacts. > > > Contrary to one comment I have seen, they are not just active over Europe. It just depends on their work schedule, the orbital track, time of day, and many other factors. As shown above for the time constraints, this means that a contact might be possible from 07:30-08:30 UTC and 18:30-19:30 UTC. If you are in an area that is pretty sparse and the orbital track and possible contact times all fit, then by all means give a call to the ISS. You just never know what might happen. > > > So the only thing we can suggest is to listen and if they are on the radio, then go for it. In the meantime, the cross-band repeater is pretty active. You just never know if a crewmember hears a lot of chatter on the cross-band and decides to pickup the microphone and join the fun. > > > 73, > > Charlie Sufana AJ9N > > One of the ARISS mentors > > > > > In a message dated 2023-02-22 12:33:40 Eastern Standard Time, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org writes: > > Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink from the crew is on. > > Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! > > 73! > > VE3SVF > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. > > In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. > > Thanking you beforehand > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3B8DU) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. 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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Nitin Muttin 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

My radio has 145.800 in the scan list 24/7 just in case someone calls a CQ, the crew onboard are active and supporting school contacts which is great and I appreciate , I still remember hearing those CQ's from Richard Garroitt (W5KWQ) and Bill McArthur (KC5ACR), Bill logged 1.8 K QSO's with Radio Hams around the world. Still waiting for a CQ call from the ISS. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] On Thursday, 23 February, 2023 at 12:13:17 am IST, Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Mark, I fully agree and this is the basis of my request. If anyone have a QSO with an ISS astronaut just please tell him that we in the Indian Ocean would really like to have a chat with him hopefully it make work out as the first ever HAM contact with the ISS from 3B8. 73 Jean Marc (3 On Feb 22, 2023, at 9:50 PM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: It doesn't matter where you are on the planet, casual ham contacts with astronauts are exceptionally rare unless there happens to be a crew member aboard who is particularly interested in getting on the air. Most of the astronauts only have the ham license because it's part of their mission training for use of ARISS for school contacts. Only on the occasions when we have someone such as Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, aboard are you likely to hear the ISS operating casually. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd -----------------------------------------------"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:33 AM Timokhov, Sasha via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink from the crew is on. Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! 73! VE3SVF On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Dear All, I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. Thanking you beforehand 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU) ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Jean Marc Momple 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Mark, I fully agree and this is the basis of my request. If anyone have a QSO with an ISS astronaut just please tell him that we in the Indian Ocean would really like to have a chat with him hopefully it make work out as the first ever HAM contact with the ISS from 3B8. 73 Jean Marc (3 > On Feb 22, 2023, at 9:50 PM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > It doesn't matter where you are on the planet, casual ham contacts with astronauts are exceptionally rare unless there happens to be a crew member aboard who is particularly interested in getting on the air. Most of the astronauts only have the ham license because it's part of their mission training for use of ARISS for school contacts. Only on the occasions when we have someone such as Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, aboard are you likely to hear the ISS operating casually. > -- > Mark D. Johns, KØJM > AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor > Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd > ----------------------------------------------- > "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, > you would stay out and your dog would go in." > ---Mark Twain > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:33 AM Timokhov, Sasha via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink from the crew is on. > > Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! > > 73! > > VE3SVF > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. > > In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. > > Thanking you beforehand > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3B8DU) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/> > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org/> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org/> > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org/> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Oscar-13 Operations and Technical Handbook
by Fabio 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hello everybody, recently I've been writing a piece of code to handle OSCAR-13's TLM, I'm now looking for: "Limebear R. (Ed); The Oscar-13 Operations and Technical Handbook, AMSAT-UK 1989". If anybody has copy or scans, please drop me a line. Best 73s Fabio, IZ5XRC

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Re: QSO wih ISS
by aj9n＠aol.com 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hi all, As has been posted numerous times by me to the AMSAT-BB, here are some tips for making a general contact with the ISS. Please review the possible contact times below, there will be no contact if the crew isn't awake but happens to be over your location. There definitely will be no contact if the ISS is not over your location when you elect to try. Make sure your orbital prediction software has the latest Kep data and that the computer clocks are synched to a time standard. Here is what I post with every one of my postings to the AMSAT-BB. ********************************************************************************* Comments on making general contacts I have been seeing a lot of traffic on Facebook and I suspect on other social media sites with people asking why they are not hearing the crew make general contacts. First off the crew is very busy on the ISS and they simply may not have the time to just pick up the microphone and talk. Also, one needs to be aware of their normal daily schedule. I have listed below the constraints that we at ARISS have to follow in order to schedule the school contacts. Hopefully this will help you better schedule your opportunities. Typical daily schedule Wakeup to Workday start= 1.5 hours Workday start to Workday end=12 hours Workday end to Sleep= 2 hours Sleep to wakeup= 8.5 hours The crew's usual waking period is 0730 - 1930 UTC. The most common times to find a crew member making casual periods are about one hour after waking and before sleeping, when they have personal time. They're usually free most of the weekend, as well. SSTV events are not that often. So please check out https://www.ariss.org/ for the latest information or watch for the ARISS announcements. And don’t forget that the packet system is active. As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ********************************************************************************* We at ARISS can not make a crewmember make general contacts. We have sometimes suggested that someone might want to be on the air for something like Field Day or Jamboree on the Air, but again we have limits. We work with the ISS planners to get the school contacts scheduled as those contacts are actually during scheduled time off that gets made up later in the day. Some of the crewmembers played ham radio on earth many times and are wanting to make general contacts; others may have gotten their license just so that they could have contacts with the various schools under the ARISS program and might not want to make general contacts. Contrary to one comment I have seen, they are not just active over Europe. It just depends on their work schedule, the orbital track, time of day, and many other factors. As shown above for the time constraints, this means that a contact might be possible from 07:30-08:30 UTC and 18:30-19:30 UTC. If you are in an area that is pretty sparse and the orbital track and possible contact times all fit, then by all means give a call to the ISS. You just never know what might happen. So the only thing we can suggest is to listen and if they are on the radio, then go for it. In the meantime, the cross-band repeater is pretty active. You just never know if a crewmember hears a lot of chatter on the cross-band and decides to pickup the microphone and join the fun. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors In a message dated 2023-02-22 12:33:40 Eastern Standard Time, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org writes: Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink from the crew is on. Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! 73! VE3SVF On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Dear All, I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. Thanking you beforehand 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU) ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. 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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Mark Johns, K0JM 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

It doesn't matter where you are on the planet, casual ham contacts with astronauts are exceptionally rare unless there happens to be a crew member aboard who is particularly interested in getting on the air. Most of the astronauts only have the ham license because it's part of their mission training for use of ARISS for school contacts. Only on the occasions when we have someone such as Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS, aboard are you likely to hear the ISS operating casually. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:33 AM Timokhov, Sasha via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. > However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink > from the crew is on. > > Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! > > 73! > > VE3SVF > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems >> that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly >> so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. >> >> In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you >> please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free >> time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. >> >> Thanking you beforehand >> >> 73 >> >> >> Jean Marc (3B8DU) >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at >> https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ >> >> View archives of this mailing list at >> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org >> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at >> https://mailman.amsat.org > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: QSO wih ISS
by Timokhov, Sasha 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Yes, same for me as VE3SVF over Toronto. The ISS is never active here. However, the it appears to only be active over Europe when the downlink from the crew is on. Same request essentially, except Toronto as well please!! 73! VE3SVF On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems > that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly > so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. > > In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you > please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free > time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. > > Thanking you beforehand > > 73 > > > Jean Marc (3B8DU) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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QSO wih ISS
by Jean Marc Momple 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Dear All, I would like to have a personal QSO with the ISS, unfortunately it seems that when over the Indian Ocean they do not expect any response, rightly so, as there are only 3 OM’s capable of doing so in the region. In case you make a contact with astronaut on board the ISS could you please ask him to try to listen or call when over Mauritius during his free time. I will try to call each time possible in the next 2 weeks. Thanking you beforehand 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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Greencube
by alex weimer 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Vince: A Signalink USB works just fine on the Greencube soundmodem. I have been using one for a while . Also, It works fine on the RS0ISS digipeater as well as on NO44 satellite. Configure the Signalink as you would for UISS and it will work on greencube through the Icom IC9700 radio 73 JACK

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