Category Archives: ISS

ARISS Contact to be Friday May 6

Posted on April 27, 2016 by robert

The ARISS and NASA organizations have just announced that the All Saints Academy contact with the International Space Station will take place on Friday May 6th. Our orbit will be a descending one, beginning at approximately 12:44 PM local time and … Continue reading →

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QSL for RS0ISS Packet Arrives

Posted on April 18, 2016 by robert

I received a QSL via the ARRL for the packet activity through the ISS Packet Robot, RS0ISS on April 4th.  

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Successful Digipeat from ISS

Posted on April 4, 2016 by robert

As our ARISS contact is 30 days away, so it is time for lots of practice.  While not at All Saints yet, I am using my IC-9100 with egg-beaters to monitor the ISS Packet Robot on 145.825 +/- Doppler.  Packets … Continue reading →

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Fixing an Upside-Down RPi3 7″ LCD Display

Posted on March 21, 2016 by robert

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced their new RPi Model 3 this month, upping the processor speed and memory yet again.  They also announced the availability of an “official” 7″ LCD with touchscreen. I couldn’t resist picking up one of each … Continue reading →

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