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slipknot wrote:hey meg, hows your new X50?
I'm totally over the moon with it! Actually got to speak to a few people last night which I hadn't been able to before at home. Thanks for the recommendation slipknot (and a couple of others too).

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slipknot wrote:all there is a guess at the moment is packet and Crossband repeater.
Hmmm... in another thread I was asking for opinions on the Yaesu 7800 vs 8800 - perhaps I would have a use for the 8800 then to contact the ISS?

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Re: Contact with ISS

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I heard two local stations using the cross band repeater function last night.
Downlink audio was on 145.800 MHz, uplink is 437.800 MHz.
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is the repeater even turned on yet?
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didn't you read my post :wink:


http://www.issfanclub.com/status/?mode=repeater
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There are two Perth stations working each other now via the ISS on 145.800.
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VK2 and VK6 talking now via the ISS full scale.
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VK6ZMS wrote:VK2 and VK6 talking now via the ISS full scale.
Same frequency as above?
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yep 145.8 its fading now.
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Its over head again with more stations using it.
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spotted VK6FLUX using the ISS :smt023
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VK6ZMS wrote:spotted VK6FLUX using the ISS :smt023
At last! So excited I spoke at 3,000 words/minute though :D

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nah I could hear you OK.
Did you say you were on your hand held?
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VK6ZMS wrote:nah I could hear you OK.
*phew* I was desperate to get in with the short breaks they were leaving - quite a long pass and almost directly overhead which I think helped me to get on.
VK6ZMS wrote: Did you say you were on your hand held?
Yep, on the VX7R - I spent my lunchtime at work today programming 5 channels with the offsets including doppler shifts as it went over, I'm pleased it worked, it took aaages!

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meg wrote:
VK6ZMS wrote:nah I could hear you OK.
*phew* I was desperate to get in with the short breaks they were leaving - quite a long pass and almost directly overhead which I think helped me to get on.
VK6ZMS wrote: Did you say you were on your hand held?
Yep, on the VX7R - I spent my lunchtime at work today programming 5 channels with the offsets including doppler shifts as it went over, I'm pleased it worked, it took aaages!
care to share what you programmed in? ;)
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