[CTSARA] The ISS Ham Radio Broke!

[Tom Alessi]

The ISS Ham Radio Broke! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfQiVqZkts


*Published on Oct 24, 2016*

The Ericsson MP-A handheld radio in the Columbus module used for most
school contacts recently started displaying an error message and is no
longer working. In the meantime, the Kenwood TM-D700 radio in the Russian
Service Module will be used for all school contacts. The good thing about
this is the Kenwood is a mobile radio and is more powerful than the
Ericsson, so it's much easier to hear. That's why the signal was so strong
at only 3 degrees in this video. One of the bad things about this is the
Ericsson powered the packet digipeater, so it's temporarily offline.

This is my reception of astronaut Takuya Onishi onboard the International
Space Station talking to the Howell L. Watkins Middle School in Palm Beach
Gardens FL.

I received this in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday October 17th, 2016.

73 de Tom K1TA

Tom Alessi
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