Category Archives: ISS

ISS Cross Band Repeater QSO

Posted on December 19, 2022 by robert

While I’ve worked the ISS using their original cross band repeater a few times in the past, I don’t recall if I’ve worked it using the new gear on 145.990 (PL 67.0) / 437.800  (V/U). Thanks to Magicalmike KO4PDI for … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for SAT Field Day

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Bob Beatty

For a variety of reasons, I’ve been off the satellites since last year.  With Field Day back on, one of my jobs is to make a Satellite contact for the Newport County Radio Club, NE1RI.  That means dusting off the … Continue reading →

Posted in AMSAT, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, ISS, RS-44, Satellite, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2B, XW-2F | Tagged | 2 Comments

More ARISS Mentoring

Posted on March 4, 2019 by robert

I’m so happy to be working with the University of Colorado Amateur Radio Club, Boulder Amateur Radio Club, and Northridge Elementary School, toward an International Space Station radio contact later this fall as an ARISS Mentor. The Technical Team had … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse NY

Posted on February 23, 2018 by robert

Shortly after being on the RF side of things for a successful ARISS contact in May of 2016, I decided to volunteer to become a technical mentor for ARISS.  After shadowing Dave Jordan AA4KN (a mentor’s mentor) for an ARISS … Continue reading →

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Calibrating the Uplinks for FD

Posted on June 21, 2017 by robert

The satellites are conspiring against me this year, mostly passes in the dark (nothing like stumbling/fumbling around in the dark in a field), but I’m getting the uplink calibrated again on my IC-9100. Anyway, was able to calibrate AO-7 uplink … Continue reading →

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SatGate Worked!

Posted on May 31, 2016 by robert

SatGate worked after I made changes to the SatGate2/IGate Settings tab, changing the “Gate only these” list to be RS0ISS*.  (That did not allow PSAT-1 to route through as you might expect — see below). Immediately after a pass of … Continue reading →

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Where Did the SatGate2 RF->Internet Packets Go?

Posted on May 31, 2016 by robert

I had UISS, CAT7200, and SatGate2 running last night.  My hourly beacon was showing up just fine on the APRS network, but I was disappointing that nothing appeared to get routed from the RF side to the Internet. When I … Continue reading →

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Setup UZ7HO’s SoundModem

Posted on May 30, 2016 by robert

UZ7HO’s SoundModem program is automatically installed when you install UISS.  It’s a program that converts the audio tones sent/received into AX.25 data that can be understood by UISS.  To use SoundModem requires a few simple setup steps. When you first … Continue reading →

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Log Shows QSOs With Ten Different Satellites

Posted on May 19, 2016 by robert

I went through my logbook since I got back on the air five years ago and discovered a bunch of confirmed satellite QSOs.  In that time I’ve worked the following: AO-7 Confirmed by eQSL AO-27 (Four QSOs but no confirmations … Continue reading →

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ARISS Contact Wild Success!

Posted on May 8, 2016 by robert

For tiny Rhode Island, the International Space Station contact with students from All Saints Academy (Middletown, RI) and other schools on May 6 was BIG news.  Perhaps because it was good news, or maybe because of a statewide heightened interest … Continue reading →

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