[amsat-bb] Setting up the D72 for ISS packet?

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi!

As AA5UK mentioned, I co-wrote an article covering the
use of Kenwood's TH-D72 and TH-D74 HTs with the ISS and
NO-84 digipeaters for the AMSAT Journal. That article is
available from AMSAT's Station and Operating Hints web
page:

https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/

or at the direct link Adrian referenced in his earlier
post.

I recently wrote an article "Making Digital Contacts
Through the ISS", which appeared in the December 2018 QST.
I now have a PDF copy of that article, available from the
"Articles" folder in my Dropbox space:

http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/

This QST article has a chart with settings for some Kenwood
and Yaesu radios currently in production (Kenwood's TH-D72,
TH-D74, & TM-D710G; also Yaesu's FT-2DR and FTM-400XDR) with
those orbiting digipeaters, along with the sidebar covering
the legalities for US hams operating on the 145.825 MHz
frequency.

I wrote another article on how to use the Kenwood TH-D72
and TM-D710G with FalconSat-3's cross-band digipeater for
the AMSAT Journal, which is also available from the AMSAT
Station and Operating Hints web page at the link above.

As WE4B mentioned, I have a folder in my Dropbox space with
screenshots, and now a PDF, on how to set up a Kenwood TH-D7
HT for use with the ISS and NO-84 digipeaters. Look for the
folder "TH-D7AG" in my Dropbox space for files related to
that radio. As the TH-D7 has been out of production for over
a decade, I did not reference it in the QST article - even
though the TH-D7 is still a popular choice for FM and packet
satellite work.

If only the ISS digipeater wasn't so deaf, since it came back
on in the last couple of weeks...

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK




On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 6:40 PM Jeff Johns <jeff30339 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My daughter uses a D72 and I use a D7. The D7 although a bit different is
> amazingly similar and WD9EWK also has it documented with pics in his
> Dropbox account.
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