Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
Rumor has it that the ISS packet repeater will be back on tomorrow some time. I believe I saw that posted on this bb yesterday sometime.
Steve AI9IN
On 2015-12-17 18:34, Kevin Deane wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
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Hi Kevin,
I am sorry that you consider the packet on the ISS "a waste of time". Many of us actually enjoy it a lot and it is a great beacon to verify ISS signals. It is also a nice challenge since it will require the use of APRS, ISS tracking, digipeating of signals and quick text responses to make a contact.
Have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season,
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Kevin Deane [email protected] wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
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yes I have many times. Short QSO's. I dont think it was ever meant for long winded QSO's such as what you find on 75 meters.
John
On 12/17/2015 5:34 PM, Kevin Deane wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
Kevin KF7MYK has posted his disdain for unattended beacon stations via ARISS and NO-44 several times in the past. I agree with him that these stations who beacon every 5,10, and 15 minutes are really LAME. They send out beacons 24x7 on 145.825 MHz with a path of ARISS and are never at the keyboard. It's inconsiderate and against good operating practice. Stations who want to help out the network and act as IGATEs don't need to camp out and beacon all day on 145.825 MHz.
73 Clayton W5PFG
On 12/18/2015 10:53, John Becker wrote:
yes I have many times. Short QSO's. I dont think it was ever meant for long winded QSO's such as what you find on 75 meters.
John
On 12/17/2015 5:34 PM, Kevin Deane wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird? The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something... Kevin KF7MYK
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I have made QSOs through the ISS digipeater. More often than not I use the digipeater to simply send my coordinates to test my equipment and make sure I'm tracking and getting through. It is a bit fun to see my transmission on ARISS.net. It's even more fun when I catch my own digipeat.
Usin the digipeater is a great way for beginners to build skills. It's not used often but there is an official ARISS activity where schools can use the digipeater by send a couple lines of code to operate a remote robot some distance from their school. ARISS has also promoted and encouraged its use for schools who are preparing for an ARISS contact to send messages to other schools who are doing the same, so they get a first hand demonstration of space communication.
73 EMike
On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Kevin Deane [email protected] wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK
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Hi Kevin,
I found ISS DIGI a great stepping stone up from receiving FUNcube AO-73 telemetry (>81,000 packet since January 2015) using a SDR radio. http://www.stargazing.net/david/satellites/20150104_1809UT_AO-73.html
1. Using a Kenwood TM-710G and a vertical antenna I have received the ISS DIGI and other stations through the ISS. The Kenwood TM-710G is left on 24/7 and later looking at the TM-710G APRS list I can see stations received when I am at work or sleeping.
2. Using the manual beacon it is very exciting to see my call on the Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS map and list http://ariss.net http://ariss.net/ I plan to do a STEM project on this activity at the Pine Mountain Observatory Summer workshop in 2016.
Last summer we did FUNcube AO-73 telemetry. We received 759 packets. https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidAHaworth/videos http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2
3. Hooking a PC terminal to the Kenwood TM-710G I made my first satellite contact with CA using the ISS DIGI. It would be nice for those using unattended auto beacons to indicate so in their beacon message so people do not waste time trying to do a short QSO with them.
4. Using a Kenwood TH-72 hand held with its own rubber ducky antenna I can pick up the ISS DIGI on high passes over head.
Summary: ISS DIGI is a great learning tool about satellite communications and it is fun.
On Dec 17, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Deane [email protected] wrote:
Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that bird?
The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or something...
Kevin KF7MYK _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
73, Clear and dark skies without RFI, David Haworth, WA9ONY http://www.stargazing.net/david http://www.stargazing.net/david [email protected]
"It would be nice for those using unattended auto beacons to indicate so in their beacon message so people do not waste time trying to do a short QSO with them."
Amen, brother! I can only guess how many times I've sent my info to an unattended computer, expecting an answer in return.
Steve AI9IN
On 2015-12-21 11:08, David Haworth wrote:
Hi Kevin,
I found ISS DIGI a great stepping stone up from receiving FUNcube AO-73 telemetry (>81,000 packet since January 2015) using a SDR radio. http://www.stargazing.net/david/satellites/20150104_1809UT_AO-73.html [2]
- Using a Kenwood TM-710G and a vertical antenna I have received the ISS DIGI and other stations through the ISS.
The Kenwood TM-710G is left on 24/7 and later looking at the TM-710G APRS list I can see stations received when I am at work or sleeping.
- Using the manual beacon it is very exciting to see my call on the Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS map and list
http://ariss.net [3] <http://ariss.net/ [4]> I plan to do a STEM project on this activity at the Pine Mountain Observatory Summer workshop in 2016.
Last summer we did FUNcube AO-73 telemetry. We received 759 packets. https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidAHaworth/videos [5] http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2 [6]
- Hooking a PC terminal to the Kenwood TM-710G I made my first satellite contact with CA using the ISS DIGI.
It would be nice for those using unattended auto beacons to indicate so in their beacon message so people do not waste time trying to do a short QSO with them.
- Using a Kenwood TH-72 hand held with its own rubber ducky antenna I can pick up the ISS DIGI on high passes over head.
Summary: ISS DIGI is a great learning tool about satellite communications and it is fun.
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Links: ------ [1] http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb [2] http://www.stargazing.net/david/satellites/20150104_1809UT_AO-73.html [3] http://ariss.net [4] http://ariss.net/ [5] https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidAHaworth/videos [6] http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2 [7] http://www.stargazing.net/david
We simply need a published User Service Agreement. We had one for PCSAT so that everyone knew the rules. http://aprs.org/pcsat/contract.txt
And one for everyone of our satellites.
Generally, unattended beacons were *not* authorized except for remote data experiments and then those authorized beacon rates were once every 2 minutes. The rules for attended operators were also posted. Without clear rules for everyone to follow, then service degrades for everyone.
Bob, WB4APR
"It would be nice for those using unattended auto beacons to indicate so
in their beacon message so people do not waste time trying to do a short QSO with them."
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