new 2m repeater on space station
 

new 2m repeater on space station
a new 2m repeater is now operating on the
international space station 24 x 7
the uplink is on uhf 437.800 and the downlink is on vhf 145.800
no tone burst or ctcss is required
the radio is a kenwood tmd700 operating in remote crossband mode
it just retransmits on vhf what it hears on uhf
so if you are getting through you can hear yourself
on the downlink

anyone can work it using a co-linear

to see where the space station is 'live' check

http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html

for 3 days in advance predictions download the pcsat decoder program

http://www.ui-view.com/uiview32/pcdec242.msi

when the iss repeater is being worked the audio may be streamed in the
amsat
conference server on echolink so anyone anywhere in the world can
listen in



73 Ian G3ZHI



http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi - many ham radio links
http://www.ukirlp.co.uk

G4NJI IRLP 5200 Echolink 135909
Rotherham simplex 145.2875mhz

GB3XN IRLP 5708 Echolink 153126
Langold 430.925 Mhz

Ian Abel G3ZHI
52 Hollytree Ave
Maltby
Rotherham
Yorkshire
S66 8DY

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