[amsat-bb] Issues with ISS digipeater this morning?

[Mike Diehl]

Looking at n2yo.com NO-84 has a perigee of 348.9km, 216.8 mi and an apogee of 599.7km, 372.6 mi. ISS is in the 250mi range. 

73,

Mike Diehl
AI6GS 

> On May 16, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Jeff Moore <tnetcenter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ISS has a much higher orbit than the other sats  ~250 miles vs ~150 miles
> or so for other LEO sats IIRC!
> 
> Jeff Moore  --  KE7ACY
> 
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Douglas Tabor <dtabor at estesvalley.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Having just joined (last 2 weeks) the APRS world with my TH-D72, I’ve
>> heard a lot of ISS packets coming down, but was unable to make contacts
>> until I got the Arrow pointed at the ISS. NO-84 on the other hand, I’ve
>> been able to contact using the stock rubber-duck on my TH-D72. Something
>> ain’t quite right here.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Doug, N6UA
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