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Beacon on board ISS

vu2wmy – May 30, 2008 – 07:06

Why there is no any beacon on amateur frequencies on board ISS ? A 24 X 7 cw/message beacon
would inspire particularly school children during visual sightings and ham radio demo at schools. Is there
any specific reason for not having one on such a magnificiant bird.

73 de Mani, VU2WMY

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Beacon

N5VHO – May 30, 2008 – 14:21

Actually, there is a packet becon on the ISS. It operates on 145.825 and transmits once every 2 minutes. The issue is that the radio is sometimes turned off and therefore the beacon is also off.

Kenneth - N5VHO
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