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Hi to all i am HP2SM in COLON,PANAMA. My name is santiago
I am ham since 1970 and like APRS PACKETS.
My question is as follow
What is the correct path in TH- to comunicate via aprs with the ISS.
Thanks in advanced
SANTIAGO
MY PATH NOW IS:
RS0ISS-4,CQ,SGATE.WIDE2-2
IT IS CORRECT??

Just got home from work and got lucky in trying to send APRS beacon on UL 145.800 and got the ACK back on DL 145.825. Not sure how long radio will be in this config but keep it til further notice. Time was 0430 utc over Eastern Canada. B/RGS & Good luck! -Derek :)
E-Mail: ve1wrg@rac.ca

I have never done Packet Radio and would like to use it to communicate with the ISS. What equipment and software do I need? I see TNC units on eBay, but unsure whether to buy. I have a Kenwood 2M transciever. Thanks,
Mike Glass
N9BNN

Hi,

I was able to hear the bulletin board in Romania but I don't know how to connect to it. Do I need to create an account first or is it sufficient tu issue C RS0ISS command? Is there any good tutorial on this subject?

Thank you,
Regards,
Zoli
YO4GCI

I have only heard the ISS at 145.825 but there were no stations digipeated. Is there an upload shift used on the repeater? -600KHz?

Marc, PD4U

I want to work the ISS. What are the parameters for my Kantronics KAM98?

TNX Patrick KI8UM

i have received a direct message from someone via the ISS using packet and i want to send a message back but i am not sure i am doing it correctly because i seem to always get disconnected.

this is what i am doing

after i connect to the bbs. i type

w w1abc "W" for Write and then a space and then the call sign of who i am trying to send message to

i was under the assumption this is how you send a message direct to someone so it is waiting for them when they connect. am i doing this wrong?

thanks for the help

N2JFD

First time this happened:00:00:01:48 : RS0ISS-4]CQ,SGATE,qAR,KB0OWD:]ARISS - International Space Station (BBS/APRS on)

I-Gates do work.

KB0OWD

Just a quick post to describe some success I've had with a simple APRS Sgate configuration. Call sign N8QH-10.

I've been running an APRS satellite gateway (Sgate) gating APRS RF traffic to the Internet from Sunnyvale, California (about 30 miles east of the Pacific coast). The farthest station I've gated thus far is N0AN-6 near Des Moines, Iowa; a distance of 1,515 miles, or about half way across the North American continent. Here is the packet:

20100704071159 : N0AN-6]APRS,RS0ISS-4*,qAR,N8QH-10:=4205.48N/09400.76WS73' Via Sat {UISS52}

My setup is a simple classic Marconi 19.25 inch vertical antenna feeding an Advanced Receiver Research model SP144VDG 24 dB pre-amplifier, a Kenwood TM-71 transceiver, AGWPE software TNC, and UI-View on a Windows XP platform.

This is a question for those of you monitoring to the packet transmissions.

I have heard some packet transmissions on the 145.825 Mhz on some recent passes over Arizona. Should I just dust off my old TNC or is their some good software that will do the job? I have access to Windows XP and OS X in the shack.

Thanks and 73,
Steve WU9B