[amsat-bb] Is ISS Digipeater not always on for use?

[JoAnne Maenpaa]

The Ericsson (M-PA Series) transceivers are on board in the ISS Columbus
module which is closer to the common work and living areas. The Kenwood
radio is located in the ISS FGB Service Module (Zarya).
http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html explains more.

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org
AMSAT VP User Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of John
> Brier
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 10:42 AM
> To: JoAnne K9JKM
> Cc: AMSAT BB
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Is ISS Digipeater not always on for use?
> 
> This is what I understood too, but why do they use the lower power HT
> for
> ARISS school contacts? Is it because they have that headset for it that
> makes it easier to hear questions perhaps?
> On Jul 22, 2015 10:09 AM, "JoAnne K9JKM" <joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com> wrote: