Aloha
I have a relatively "new" D700 which I use exclusively for satellite work. The unit operates more as a base station than mobile, but on occasion I will take the Kenwood into the field for low passes in order to "hit" the mainland (Voice).
Currently, I seem to be the only operational Satgate in Hawaii. Because of the nature of my setup it it somewhat cumbersome to take into the field (unlike an HT).
Question: Is there a means of xmitting, receiving and Igating with the Kenwood? I have seen a tips article on the web that describes how to route terrestrial traffic to the ISS but the article doesn't appear to describe the operator doing the same? What I envision is xmitting to ISS/PSCAT on channel B (packet); freq. 145.825 up AND down and Igating the digipeated packet on channel A; freq 144.390 into the APRS system (findu). It does me no good to climp to the top of a mountain to digipeat the ISS if there is not a functional Satgate to Igate that traffic. Doing this at home is simple with UISS/UIVIEW/AGWPE and other software. Perhaps my hangup is paths, ie W3ADO-1 versus WIDE2-2 etc etc, ie, just a configuration thing. Can this be done purely mobile?? Comments, refs, would be greately appreciated. Mahalo and 73.
Respectfully robert NH7WN, Honolulu
ps: Yes, I am still "learning this radio"