[amsat-bb] Has anyone made a satellite QSO with an orbiting ISS astronaut?

Douglas Quagliana dquagliana at gmail.com
Thu Dec 21 16:52:55 UTC 2017


Friends,
    Having hosted an ARISS contact myself earlier this year, I am well
aware of direct contacts
between the astronauts and someone on the ground.

    The relevant part of the question was the part about the QSO being
*THROUGH an
AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE TRANSPONDER*.

    If you are aware of a success (or a failed attempt) I would be
interested in knowing
which astronaut and which amateur radio satellite was used.

    Lastly, does anyone have a technical references for correcting
calculating the Doppler
for a QSO from ISS through a satellite to the ground?  (And no, you can't
just change
the tracking program's ground station latitude/longitude every second to
match the ISS
satellite subpoint.)

Thanks and 73,
Douglas KA2UPW/5


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