Contact with ISS
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If you are into Satellites etc this article about Doppler Shift is a good read.slipknot wrote:haha, Probobly explains why there were no images sent down just then ay millsy I was listeningWPXZBP wrote:145.800 downlink, 144.490 uplink is usually a good combo.
I made the booboo of trying to call them in the latest pass but they're sleeping til 2000hrs WA time.
http://www.qsl.net/vk3jed/doppler.html
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There was a post on VKlogger stating "Reports this morning the 2m/70cm cross band repeater onboard the ISS has been switched on" That was the sum total of the post.
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Yes the cross-band repeater has been turned on. I heard VK6MJ calling through it just now and then talking to a VK3, briefly before LOSrobbage wrote:There was a post on VKlogger stating "Reports this morning the 2m/70cm cross band repeater onboard the ISS has been switched on" That was the sum total of the post.
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Probably! More info here on VKLogger http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8186slipknot wrote:did anyone just hear a packet transmition?
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it should be 145.800 meg, A fellow operator told me that the guy who operates the radio equipment on baord the iss has now departed guys so there may not be any contact opertunities anymore or at least for a while. all there is a guess at the moment is packet and Crossband repeater.
this is a video of them leaving the space station.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32osbLHhyY
hey meg, hows your new X50?
this is a video of them leaving the space station.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32osbLHhyY
hey meg, hows your new X50?
Richard Garriot left the station last week. Michael Fincke KE5AIT is still up there so there will still be contacts but probably not so often as Richard was on last week. After all Richard was just visiting and had time to spare, Michael on the other hand will no doubt be busy doing what Astronauts do.slipknot wrote:it should be 145.800 meg, A fellow operator told me that the guy who operates the radio equipment on baord the iss has now departed guys so there may not be any contact opertunities anymore or at least for a while. all there is a guess at the moment is packet and Crossband repeater.
As far as the school contact goes, when they start the sked it's only at a very low elevation here and with a mutual window time of just a few minutes. I did have a look at the pass on my tracking program and it was a max of 6 degrees here in Bunbury,less from Perth. I would think they would not call until it is within range of the School Station and by then it would be close to out of range for over here.
Sometimes the school contacts are relayed on Echolink, so that would probably be your only chance. Don't know if this one will be or not.
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More VKLogger info here http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8193 for another event on the 4th but not listed to RX in VK6
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