Beacon on board ISS
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
vu2wmy – Fri, 2008 – 05 – 30 03:06
Beacon
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
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/
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