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FYI, YOU MIGHT WANNA TUNE in 145.800 MHz on your FM transceiver or scanner radio to listen to the international repeater as it flies overhead in the afternoon or evening.
A given pass is less than ten minutes, so you will also need to know when it is flying by. See below for all the scoop you need to know to check it out!
Helpful Newbee Notes: You may need to add or delete spaces in the header line of the pass list below to make the labels line up over the column properly. The dates and times (in hh:mm:ss) are given in EST -- NOT UTC -- for the greater Washington-Baltimore area. You may disregard the "Between" column of info. (I myself don't find it very useful.)
Height is given in miles for the sub-satellite point, not your range to the ISS. When listening for the first time, don't worry about tuning for Doppler unless you are really picky, and then just tune for "best signal" at leave it at that for the moment.
If you hear the chatter and enjoy it then tell your friends!
Cheers,
Pat Kilroy, N8PK AMSAT Area Coordinator
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-034.03 ISS Repeater
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 034.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 3, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-034.03
The ISS cross band repeater is on and functioning as of this announcement. It is on Uplink 437.800 MHz FM, Downlink 145.800 MHz FM. It is quite strong and can be heard well on a simple setup. I read a report that "someone" called CQ and there was no-one coming back to him. Listen and give it a shot.
[ANS thanks Tony, K2MO, for the above information]
/EX
Date (L) AOS (L) LOS (L) Duration Between Az @ AOS Max El Az @ LOS Height (mi) ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/5/08 14:48:13 14:52:14 00:04:01 -------- 177° 8° 78° 128.6 2/5/08 16:20:53 16:28:18 00:07:24 01:28:38 234° 77° 51° 128.8 2/5/08 17:57:08 18:02:47 00:05:39 01:28:49 279° 13° 41° 129.0 2/5/08 19:34:12 19:37:47 00:03:35 01:31:24 311° 7° 49° 129.4 2/5/08 21:09:09 21:14:51 00:05:42 01:31:22 319° 13° 82° 129.9 2/5/08 22:43:39 22:51:06 00:07:27 01:28:47 309° 80° 127° 130.2 ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/6/08 00:20:03 00:23:44 00:03:41 01:28:56 281° 8° 183° 130.5 2/6/08 15:07:14 15:13:57 00:06:43 14:43:29 206° 25° 62° 128.6 2/6/08 16:42:03 16:48:57 00:06:53 01:28:06 256° 26° 45° 128.8 2/6/08 18:19:00 18:23:24 00:04:23 01:30:02 297° 9° 43° 129.1 2/6/08 19:55:14 19:59:30 00:04:15 01:31:50 318° 9° 63° 129.5 2/6/08 21:29:42 21:36:34 00:06:52 01:30:11 316° 25° 103° 129.9 2/6/08 23:04:37 23:11:33 00:06:55 01:28:03 299° 28° 151° 130.2 ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/7/08 13:55:22 13:58:13 00:02:50 14:43:49 173° 7° 81° 128.4 2/7/08 15:27:34 15:34:57 00:07:22 01:29:20 231° 88° 52° 128.5 2/7/08 17:03:42 17:09:29 00:05:47 01:28:45 277° 14° 41° 128.8 2/7/08 18:40:48 18:44:22 00:03:34 01:31:18 310° 7° 48° 129.1 2/7/08 20:15:51 20:21:23 00:05:32 01:31:28 319° 13° 80° 129.6 2/7/08 21:50:18 21:57:44 00:07:25 01:28:55 310° 69° 124° 129.9 2/7/08 23:26:26 23:30:44 00:04:17 01:28:42 284° 9° 180° 130.2 ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/8/08 14:13:50 14:20:28 00:06:38 14:43:05 203° 22° 64° 128.3 2/8/08 15:48:35 15:55:33 00:06:58 01:28:06 254° 29° 45° 128.5 2/8/08 17:25:32 17:29:59 00:04:26 01:29:58 295° 9° 42° 128.8 2/8/08 19:01:50 19:05:55 00:04:05 01:31:51 317° 8° 60° 129.2 2/8/08 20:36:18 20:43:02 00:06:44 01:30:22 316° 23° 100° 129.6 2/8/08 22:11:09 22:18:11 00:07:01 01:28:06 300° 32° 149° 129.9 ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/9/08 13:02:35 13:04:09 00:01:33 14:44:24 168° 5° 84° 128.2 2/9/08 14:34:04 14:41:26 00:07:22 01:29:55 228° 79° 53° 128.3 2/9/08 16:10:03 16:15:58 00:05:55 01:28:36 275° 15° 42° 128.5 2/9/08 17:47:12 17:50:46 00:03:34 01:31:13 309° 7° 47° 128.8 2/9/08 19:22:21 19:27:44 00:05:23 01:31:34 319° 12° 77° 129.2 2/9/08 20:56:46 21:04:13 00:07:27 01:29:01 310° 60° 122° 129.6 2/9/08 22:32:40 22:37:27 00:04:47 01:28:26 286° 10° 176° 129.9 ISS (ZARYA) at Baltimore,MD with 5° mask 2/10/08 13:20:28 13:26:47 00:06:19 14:43:00 200° 19° 65° 128.2 2/10/08 14:54:54 15:01:59 00:07:04 01:28:07 251° 32° 46° 128.3 2/10/08 16:31:46 16:36:21 00:04:35 01:29:47 293° 9° 41° 128.5 2/10/08 18:08:12 18:12:09 00:03:56 01:31:50 317° 8° 59° 128.9 2/10/08 19:42:41 19:49:18 00:06:37 01:30:32 317° 21° 97° 129.3 2/10/08 21:17:28 21:24:35 00:07:07 01:28:09 301° 37° 146° 129.6
On-line Tracking: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/ ARISS info: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=19&retURL=/s... Satellite Status: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/ Other AMSAT resources: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/ Local AMSAT Stuff: http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/
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