[amsat-bb] Re: Email via The ISS

[Chris Maness]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Andre <pe1rdw at amsat.org> wrote:
> Op 5-1-2012 2:05, Chris Maness schreef:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Andre<pe1rdw at amsat.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Op 5-1-2012 1:45, Chris Maness schreef:
>>>
>>>>> Short emails are posible trough iss
>>>>> http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
>>>>>
>>>>> it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are
>>>>> enough
>>>>> monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at
>>>>> places but even there, there should be posibileties.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>>>>>
>>>> I had a low pass right now and I did not get a repeat of what I sent
>>>> up.  I am beaconing:
>>>>
>>>> KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS:<UI>:     :EMAIL    :kq6up at kq6up.org  This is a
>>>> test of ISS mail.
>>>>
>>>> This did not echo back, but this is what I did decode:
>>>>
>>>> ISS Crew Keyboard.  Crew may not be available.  For BBS/PMS use
>>>> RS0ISS-11
>>>>
>>>> RS0ISS-4>N7HQB:<<UA>>:
>>>> and three more very similar lines.
>>>>
>>>> Should I be using RS0ISS for the via?  Has the call sign changed?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chris Maness
>>>> KQ6UP
>>>>
>>> iss should digi both trough ariss and rs0iss-4, if someone is using the
>>> bbs
>>> there will be a lot of colisions so you will have to give it several
>>> tries,
>>> especialy on low power, you can always test the email system on 144.390.
>>> you can also look at http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi for
>>> successfull repeats.
>>>
>>> 73 Andre PE1RDW
>>
>> How do I send email on 144.390?  Is the same way as I would send via the
>> ISS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>>
> yes, you could replace the via path with wide2-1, that should show if you
> are getting recieved as wel.
>
> 73 Andre PE1RDW

Thanks, Andre.  I used: cq via keller    Keller peak is a high level
digipeater.  I will try wide2-1 also.

Chris KQ6UP