[GCARC] Cross-band repeater now operational on the ISS!

[Jonathan Pearce]

N3LAM and I were at the clubhouse. We heard a lot of stations with that big 42 element beam and worked 2 of them as W2MMD. Very cool to be on the cutting edge of new technology. 

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> On Sep 3, 2020, at 9:15 AM, djgrath1 <djgrath1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I heard it! An HT tuned to 437.800 MHz. For about 4-5 minutes in my
> backyard, I heard callsigns. And for about a minute, they came in very
> clear, but disappeared very quickly. At 14,00 miles per hours, there is not
> much of a window. But I was happy I could hear the ISS.
> 
> Thank Jon.
> 
> D. Jeffrey Garth
> 621 Greenbriar Drive
> Williamstown, NJ 08094-1149
> 73, WB2ZBN
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> 
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> - Confucius
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Pearce
> Sent: September 02, 2020 13:22
> To: gcarc at mailman.qth
> Subject: [GCARC] Cross-band repeater now operational on the ISS!
> 
> It appears that the new ARISS (Amateur Radio aboard the International Space
> Station) repeater is now operational! It's an FM repeater with uplink on 2
> meters and downlink on 70 cm. The radio itself is a Kenwood D710GA that was
> highly modified to be certified for space flight along with a custom-built
> power supply. K2QA, K2ZA and I got to see this setup at the AMSAT convention
> last year and hear about the modifications that were necessary for space
> certification - lots of criteria that don't matter to ground-based users.
> The attached article describes a QSO running only a few watts on a low pass,
> so apparently it's pretty easy to work. We're going to give it a first try
> from the clubhouse tomorrow AM and will report back on our progress.
> 
> For those interested in trying it there's a high pass at 8:57 tomorrow AM.
> For additional passes use heavens-above.com, set your QTH in the user window
> on the upper-right (easiest to simply let the website grab your browser
> location) and then click on ISS. Be sure to click on ALL passes - otherwise
> you'll only see the ones that are visible to the eye.
> 
> https://stationproject.blog/2020/09/02/iss-voice-repeater-is-qrv/?fbclid=IwA
> R0jHNRNyPh67K9w_4Cs5DdxE-r2__60nOSr3CEp4XFoUwVEeHjWXBKOvWs
> 
> 73 de Jon WB2MNF
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