I have made QSOs through the ISS digipeater. More often than not I use the digipeater to simply send my coordinates to test my equipment and make sure I'm tracking and getting through. It is a bit fun to see my transmission on ARISS.net. It's even more fun when I catch my own digipeat.
Usin the digipeater is a great way for beginners to build skills. It's not used often but there is an official ARISS activity where schools can use the digipeater by send a couple lines of code to operate a remote robot some distance from their school. ARISS has also promoted and encouraged its use for schools who are preparing for an ARISS contact to send messages to other schools who are doing the same, so they get a first hand demonstration of space communication.
73 EMike
On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Kevin Deane summit496@live.com wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
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