Category Archives: Satellite

A pair of QSOs on SO-50

Posted on May 14, 2016 by robert

Another good day for satellite action, with a pair of QSOs via SO-50.  K8TL, Tom in EM89 (Ohio) at 16:46:39 and Eric, KB1KMF, in FN56 (Maine) at 16:48:55. Lots of other stations on the bird.  

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First AO-85 Contact

Posted on May 13, 2016 by robert

While I’ve copied the DUV (Data Under Voice) Telemetry (a bit of challenge on an IC-9100 due to low-frequency roll-off of the internal soundcard — necessitating the use of an external soundcard to the 9600 baud interface), I’ve never made an … 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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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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Packet QSO with VA3NNA via ISS (RS0ISS)

Posted on April 25, 2016 by robert

Adrian, VA3NNA, and I used UNPROTO packets to have a QSO today via the Packet Robot, RS0ISS, aboard the International Space Station. fm WB4SON to CQ via RS0ISS* FN41FN +/ ctl UI^ pid F0 – 25-APR-16 11:08:12 fm VA3NNA to … Continue reading →

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ARISS Practice Going Well

Posted on April 24, 2016 by robert

As of yesterday, the RF Team from NCRC has had 3 ARISS practice sessions, where we use the Packet Robot RS0ISS to check out the RF uplink/downlink and antenna tracking gear. Usually at home I use M2 Eggbeater antennas, 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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ISS-Above on 7″ LCD

Posted on March 27, 2016 by robert

I finally had a chance to tie the Raspberry Pi Foundation 7″ LCD/Touchscreen onto a RPi 2 running the ISS-Above firmware.  The results were outstanding.  It makes for a nice desk piece, with only a single power supply wire exiting … Continue reading →

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ISS-Above: Coolest Tool for ISS Pass Prediction – EVER

Posted on March 26, 2016 by robert

While looking for interesting things to display concerning the ISS during our upcoming ARISS contact, I stumbled across a now commercial product that started not long ago as an overfunded Kickstarter campaign. ISS-Above. ISS-Above is a Raspberry Pi based product with … Continue reading →

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