Patrick, Thanks, the other op has replied back and will upload to LOTW later today. Rob KA2CZU

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:06 AM, Patrick STODDARD patrick@wd9ewk.net wrote:

Rob,

You just make sure replies go to amsat-bb@amsat.org if you want them to go back to the list. I think the list may be set up so simply pressing Reply will reply to whoever posted the message.

I saw your post on the QRZ satellite forum, and I plan on posting there as well. Nice job! Keep in mind that you can have a QSO, even if the http://ariss.net site doesn't capture all of the transmissions that make up your QSO. It's just like anything else - if both stations make the exchange and consider it a QSO, it's a QSO.

73!

Patrick

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Robert Switzer rs2atmink@yahoo.com wrote:

(Not sure how to reply to the thread) Got my first ISS contact on yesterday's 21:39z pass using a baofeng uv5r, elk, mobilinkd tnc2 and a cheap droid ( non active ) phone. The channel was very busy so I only got one contact through but the other op was able to get 4 or 5,Based on the logs. I didn't look for my info on arises.net later and saw you, but not sure if or how I can poke back for earlier pass data. 73, Rob KA2CZU

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On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 12:13 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net wrote: Hi Mark!

You can do a CQ over the ISS digipeater, or just send something like an APRS position packet or a packet with your position and a short comment. If you use APRS messages, you can use them to make QSOs. I just did that tonight for the first time in a few months, working two Texas stations with my TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic from my driveway. Using the ariss.net wen site, I could see my packets and most of my two QSOs captured by Internet gateways, and a missed QSO with a California station. My TH-D72A will store and display APRS messages, but freeform twxt typed into a terminal program won't be displayed on my HT unless the text is formatted as an APRS message. For example, a station could type this and (if I receive it) have it displayed on my HT's screen and saved as a received APRS message:

WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)

On my HT, I'd see the call that sent this message, and the text following the space and colon that trail my call. This makes it easy for stations using the APRS-capable radios, as well as software like UISS, to make QSOs and both sides seeing the QSO happen.

It tends to be rapid-fire, since you only have up to 10 minutes in an ISS pass, and there could be a lot of activity coming through the ISS digipeater - especially the further east you go in the continental USA. Passes that only touch the southwestern USA are really easy for the low-power stations (like me) to get through. I do OK on other passes that cover more of the country, even with only 5W.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Mark Lunday mlunday@nc.rr.com wrote:

<My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ.>

OK, call me ill-informed, I did not know you could do CQ and keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's.  I thought you could only send short messages. Is that how you do it?  The ISS pass is so fast...

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG

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