[amsat-bb] Re: VHF Packet was - Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 188

[JoAnne Maenpaa]

Hi Mike,

> Can a Kam KPC-3+ used for VHF packet work?

Your TNC should work well ... monitor on 145.800 and 145.825 MHz with
PASSALL = ON in the TNC.  The 145.825 frequency is the one usually used for
spacecraft APRS packet but the ISS has been on 145.800 up & down for
digipeating this past week.

While the syntax of the commands you type into your TNC may differ from the
examples I used for an MFJ TNC-2 you can likely get on the air with the
settings I have summarized at:
http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/ARISS_Packet_How_To/

ISS digi is workable with less than 5 watts and a 2M vertical. PCSAT is
workable when its in full sunlight and I generally have better luck with a
small (3-element) 2M beam on that bird.

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org 
Editor, AMSAT News Service
Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal