[amsat-bb] ISS Beacons

[Paul Stoetzer]

Just send a beacon message with your CQ.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Rick Tejera <saguaroastro at cox.net> wrote:
> As I think about it, I suppose the same would work on the radio in an APRS
> Message? I'm willing to be corrected if not.
>
>
> Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
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> In UISS, I just set the "To:" field to CQ. Essentially, the callsign is
> CQ.
>
> Steve AI9IN
>
> On 2016-04-20 19:58, Rick Tejera wrote:
>
>> Patrick,
>>
>> When sending a CQ message, What call sign would you send to? I get how to
>> respond with user phrases or position comments, but how do you get that
>> first CQ out to whoever is listening?
>>
>> Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
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>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Patrick
>> STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 9:13 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS Beacons
>>
>> Hi Mark!
>>
>> You can do a CQ over the ISS digipeater, or just send something like
>> an APRS position packet or a packet with your position and a short
>> comment. If you use APRS messages, you can use them to make QSOs.
>> I just did that tonight for the first time in a few months,
>> working two Texas stations with my TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic
>> from my driveway. Using the ariss.net wen site, I could see my
>> packets and most of my two QSOs captured by Internet gateways,
>> and a missed QSO with a California station. My TH-D72A will store
>> and display APRS messages, but freeform twxt typed into a terminal
>> program won't be displayed on my HT unless the text is formatted
>> as an APRS message. For example, a station could type this and (if I
>> receive it) have it displayed on my HT's screen and saved as a
>> received APRS message:
>>
>> WD9EWK-9 :hello from (grid, city/state, etc.)
>>
>> On my HT, I'd see the call that sent this message, and the text following
>> the space and colon that trail my call. This makes it easy for stations
>> using the APRS-capable radios, as well as software like UISS, to make
>> QSOs and both sides seeing the QSO happen.
>>
>> It tends to be rapid-fire, since you only have up to 10 minutes in
>> an ISS pass, and there could be a lot of activity coming through the
>> ISS digipeater - especially the further east you go in the continental
>> USA. Passes that only touch the southwestern USA are really easy
>> for the low-power stations (like me) to get through. I do OK on other
>> passes that cover more of the country, even with only 5W.
>>
>> 73!
>>
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/ [3]
>> Twitter: @WD9EWK
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Mark Lunday <mlunday at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> <My first packet on an ISS pass always includes a CQ.> OK, call me
> ill-informed, I did not know you could do CQ and keyboard-to-keyboard QSO's.
> I thought you could only send short messages. Is that how you do it? The ISS
> pass is so fast... Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>>
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