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

[John Brier]

Thanks, that helps. I've seen that page but didn't glean that reasoning.

John Brier, KG4AKV
On Jul 22, 2015 11:51 AM, "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
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> > -----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?
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> > 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:
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