It’s the responsibility of ARISS to teach the ISS crews how to handle a pile up and to teach them the correct exchanges.
ARISS has been successful in getting the ISS crews to pass their licenses. ARISS has not successful in teaching the ISS crews how to use the Amateur Radio equipment or the proper “Exchange” protocols.
Unless you get a legitimate acknowledgment back, you have no proof he was talking to you or to one of the other stations within a 1000-mile radius.
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--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Jeremy Cowgar jeremy@cowgar.com wrote:
From: Jeremy Cowgar jeremy@cowgar.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 10:01 PM I believe that's true however during my limited experience (listening to a few passes, then trying to work 2 and finally getting him on the third) I've *never* head him give a call. It's always "Hear you loud and clear Cleveland" or "Got you Rick..."
Has this been other peoples experience?
Jeremy KB8LFA http://www.kb8lfa.com
On 7/12/2010 9:26 PM, David - KG4ZLB wrote:
I may be wrong but "technically" you would need to
have NA1SS repeat
your call to be a true contact - he may have written
your call down and
forgot to acknowledge you by callsign in which case
send a QSL and you
might get lucky - if not then keep trying, Its great
when it does happen
and you know that an Astronaut flying at 17600mph in
space is talking
directly to you!
Best of luck
David KG4ZLB
On 7/12/2010 20:18, Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
With all the talk about ISS, I decided to try. I
heard Col Wheelock on
two passes but he never acknowledged my call. Then
the pass today at
22:30 I was calling "KB8LFA Jeremy in Akron,
Ohio"... He came back and
said "Got you loud and clear Akron, We are now
passing ..."
It might not happen all the time and probably not
at the exact time I
transmit but how do I know there was not a
stronger station saying
Akron, Ohio as well? Is this what constitutes a
contact w/NA1SS?
Jeremy KB8LFA http://www.kb8lfa.com
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