Hi Jim,
Congrats on getting through on the ISS. I'm not surprised I didn't, as I was running just my Kenwood TH-D7 with an extended whip antenna (a Diamond RH-77B) and only about 3 watts. I am surprised that I got through yesterday, as it was with the same setup! I guess nobody else knew what frequency they were on, because the downlink seemed very quiet then, in contrast to today's pass. Today was really active. I managed to copy a few downlinked packets on the Kenwood: N0JY-1, RS0ISS-4, WA7IXK-3, W6JSB-6, KO6TZ, and AI7W-1, but not yours.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:49:36 -0800 From: kq6ea@pacbell.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS back in 1200 bps packet mode To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; ko6th_greg@hotmail.com
I was able to get a few packets through with my "new" setup at my girlfriend's house. TM-D710 to a Comet GP-1, and I had solid copy on both afternoon passes from around 3* elevation. 73, Jim KQ6EA
--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Greg D. ko6th_greg@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Greg D. ko6th_greg@hotmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS back in 1200 bps packet mode To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 4:50 PM Hi folks,
I listened in on the 22:50z pass of the ISS. Received 1200 bps packet on 145.825, so they've apparently switched it back for the week.
Tried doing the email thing again, but no apparent success this time.
Greg KO6TH
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