Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that for "life safety" reasons, they are only supposed to operate it in the pre-tested and pre-approved programmed modes.
George, KA3HSW
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From: Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp@gjcp.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tue, June 21, 2011 1:49:08 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS Repeater for Field Day!
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 23:24 -0500, George Henry wrote:
According to www.issfanclub.com, the ISS repeater has not been active for almost 2 years now. At one point it was rumored that the memory programming
of the radio had been messed up, and the crew did not know how to put it into crossband repeat mode manually.
What? I thought they were supposed to be radio amateurs! What happened to "fiddle with the buttons until it works properly"?
Gordon MM0YEQ
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