Current ARISS Status/Usage?
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet? How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of hearing something on any given pass)?
TIA,
http://vk4tec.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/sat_status.cgi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mann" rmann@latencyzero.com To: "AMSAT-BB Org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:55 AM Subject: [SPAM] [amsat-bb] Current ARISS Status/Usage?
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet? How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of hearing something on any given pass)?
TIA,
Rick
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When the ISS digipeater is active, you should have no trouble hearing it at all. It went off during the last shuttle docking and I've not heard it again since, but I don't check all the time.
It took me a few tries but I got APRS position reports and a few digipeater QSO's completed using an old Kenwood TM-241 feeding a Jpole at 8 ft with about 30' of RG58.
Important to be certain you have a good pass prediction. I'm using Orbitron and using UISS for the comm software.
While licensed since 1963, I am a total newbie to sat comm--so if I can do it with this stuff, pretty much anyone can.
Cheers Curt KU8L Livonia, MI
Rick Mann wrote:
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet? How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of hearing something on any given pass)?
TIA,
ISS packet is currently active on 145.825 simplex. You can check to see if packet is active by looking at the reports on any of the following websites: http://www.ariss.net http://www.issfanclub.com http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php
If packet is off, your chances are low (but you never know) of hearing voice on 145.80 unless it is a scheduled school contact during your pass. School contact pass times are posted regularly to the SAREX reflector. You can view recent postings here http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/threads.html
Kenneth - N5VHO
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Rick Mann Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:56 AM To: AMSAT-BB Org Subject: [amsat-bb] Current ARISS Status/Usage?
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet? How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of hearing something on any given pass)?
TIA,
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
I captured many packets on some early passes this morning. Just leave that TNC and radio running and check the log daily and see all the calls heard that day. You can see all the packets on http://www.ariss.net and as of right now (1830z on the 6th) the most recent packet captured over Arizona is only 1 hour old, and the entire list of the last 50 stations heard is only 13 hours old, so it seems to be working.
Anyone with a whip antenna and not bad coax (or too long) should hear ISS fine.
Bob, WB4aPR
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Andrew Rich -
Curt Nixon -
Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] -
Rick Mann -
Robert Bruninga