Thanks, that helps. I've seen that page but didn't glean that reasoning.
John Brier, KG4AKV On Jul 22, 2015 11:51 AM, "JoAnne Maenpaa" [email protected] wrote:
The Ericsson (M-PA Series) transceivers are on board in the ISS Columbus module which is closer to the common work and living areas. The Kenwood radio is located in the ISS FGB Service Module (Zarya). http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html explains more.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected] AMSAT VP User Services
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Brier Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:42 AM To: JoAnne K9JKM Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Is ISS Digipeater not always on for use?
This is what I understood too, but why do they use the lower power HT for ARISS school contacts? Is it because they have that headset for it that makes it easier to hear questions perhaps? On Jul 22, 2015 10:09 AM, "JoAnne K9JKM" [email protected] wrote: