At approximately 1800z today, I had a nice high elevation ARISSat pass, and again tried out the SSB transponder.
I easily heard my uplink while calling CQ a few times. I was pleasantly surprised when Bob, K9OIM in EM56 answered me. The QSO was very brief, but exciting.
I wonder if anyone is keeping a tally of contacts made using the ARISSat transponder? Or are there just too many to count?
73 de Sebastian, W4AS - EL95
On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Sebastian,
I saw what must have been you in the transponder, but I was busy gathering TLM. Thanks for the report!
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Sebastian, W4AS Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:05 PM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat transponder
At the 1850z pass, ARISSat passed at approximately 20 degrees for me. I hadn't tried the SSB transponder in a while, and decided to give it a go. Once I found my downlink, it was loud and clear throughout most of the past. Called CQ for several minutes, but no takers.
Those who haven't tried it, really should.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS