Has any one been lucky enough to work the ISS on 2m voice as of late? I call NA1SS on every pass that Im available to and so far no dice. ( 3 days 4 or 5 passes )
Thanks!
N2JDQ
Steven J. Raas
Locator FN20vg
QRV 2/432 , V/U U/V Sats & WSJT
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Raas" sraas@optonline.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS & Amateur Voice Comms
Has any one been lucky enough to work the ISS on 2m voice as of late? I call NA1SS on every pass that Im available to and so far no dice. ( 3 days 4 or 5 passes )
The astronauts on the ISS have very full work schedules and, other than scheduled school contacts, only get on the air during their "free" time. IIRC, that's usually in the evening , Zulu time (UTC). Also, the generally accepted practice is to NOT call the ISS unless you hear them on the air, taking random calls. With any luck, they may be on the air for Field Day. (Counts as a normal 2M FM contact, NOT a satellite, BTW) I've been fortunate enough to work them on 2 previous Field Days, as well as at the Boy Scout Camporall 2 years ago. WAY cool for the Scouts!!
73,
George, KA3HSW
The Amateur Radio stations on board ISS have not been open to regular public access since August 2006. There have only be a few random days when the crew from ISS has been heard calling CQ since then.
If you look back in the Amsat Archives, look for message from Ken Ransom for an explanation of the issues.
The Marex team is working on proposals to replace the existing ISS ham system with a new simpler to use system. (We have found that on the Space Station Mir projects, some consumer grade ham gear seemed to only have a life span of 2-3 year in 24/7 service while orbiting in space. All of the ham gear on ISS is over 3.5 years old) The unapproved Marex proposals would be comprised of the following hardware if approved.
Icom ID-800 Dual band Kantronics KPC-9212 TNC Slow Scan TV (Off the shelf VOX box, multiple brands are currently being tested for SSTV)
Marex welcomes your support
www.marexmg.org
--- Steve Raas sraas@optonline.net wrote:
Has any one been lucky enough to work the ISS on 2m voice as of late? I call NA1SS on every pass that Im available to and so far no dice. ( 3 days 4 or 5 passes )
Thanks!
N2JDQ
Steven J. Raas
Locator FN20vg
QRV 2/432 , V/U U/V Sats & WSJT
Home Page & Sked Requests @ http://n2jdq2007.tripod.com/
AMSAT Member # 36396
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