Category Archives: ARISS

ARISS Contact Between Northridge Elementary School (Colorado University) Successful

Posted on September 24, 2019 by robert

Over the past several months, I’ve been working as an ARISS Technical Mentor with Colorado University, the Boulder Amateur Radio Club, and the University of Colorado Amateur Radio Club to have 16 students from the 4th grade classes of Northridge … Continue reading →

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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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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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Getting SatGate 2 to run Under Win 10 32-bit

Posted on May 30, 2016 by robert

I think I used my quota of good luck up getting UISS and CAT7200 running on my Win10 laptop.  That laptop had a fresh install of Win10 32-bit on it, so it had no legacy files from prior Windows versions. … 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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Installing G8BPQ’s CAT7200 for IC-9100 PTT Control

Posted on May 30, 2016 by robert

If you plan on using UISS with SoundModem on your IC-9100, then you are going to need to obtain a copy of the CAT7200 program by John Wiseman (G8BPQ) to deal with the PTT function. First, obtain a copy of CAT7200 … Continue reading →

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Using UISS with an Icom IC-9100

Posted on May 29, 2016 by robert

The program UISS is designed for satellite communicators to use UI packets to communicate with other stations on the ground, while using the Space Station or other packet satellite as a packet repeater. UI  (Unnumbered Information) packets are handled specially … 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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