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RE: working ISS
Having no return signal to monitor is the difference between talking to
someone through a satellite and talking to someone in the satellite.
(SATELLITE - 2 a : a celestial body orbiting another of larger size b : a
manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or
another celestial body. Source: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/satellite)
437.550 is the correct frequency. PCSAT2 on ISS operates in the 435 MHz
range and that might be part of the confusion.
SO-50 rarely has 100+ users trying to get in at the same time.
Kenneth - N5VHO
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From: owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@amsat.org] On Behalf
Of Francesco Messineo
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 2:45 AM
To: Scott Avery WA6LIE
Cc: MM; Francesco Messineo; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] working ISS
Hello,
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 09:59:39AM -0800, Scott Avery WA6LIE wrote:
> Francesco,
>
> IF you are trying to work paket on 2 meters, as said below, no Doppler
> correction should be needed. Doppler +-3kc on VHF.
>
No packet, I'm just trying to contact NA1SS on voice.
Having no feedback (like I have on a trasponder) I don't know how to
understand if I'm getting heard or not. I hoped someone else succedeed in
working NA1SS with a portable setup and could share some hints.
On LEOs trasponders my setup can be defined as "big gun" as I can put 25W on
a home made arrow like antenna. HI!
>
> This weekend, Bill McArthur will be operating on 437.550 SIMPLEX.
Someone else said 435.550, which one is right?
>
> Basically QRM is the problem. IF you were in Hawaii, you would be
> talking to yourself.
Indeed, I happened to talk to myself several times on SO-50 too some months
ago and I'm not in Hawaii.
73
Francesco IS0FKQ
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