[amsat-bb] ISS APRS with an HT

[Brian Wilkins KO4AQF]

I had no issue until it went offline and then came back. I believe one of
the iGates near me may have went offline since the ISS APRS pause as ISS is
confirming my messages however nothing is showing up on ariss.net and I can
exchange messages with others. I am considering building my own APRS RX
iGate from an RTLSDR and Raspberry Pi just to digipeat my own packers back
to APRS.fi website

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I got through it on March 21st on a 12 degree pass using a TH-D72 and an
> Arrow:
>
> https://twitter.com/SpaceComms1/status/1241598936814694400?s=19
>
> It was hard, as I believe it is a little deaf or not decoding consistently
> based on past reports. Some have said it seems to be easier with Kenwood
> radios.
>
> They are sending up a new Kenwood radio system soon that supports
> digipeater ops so don't dismiss this mode entirely!
>
> 73' John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 19:02 Steve Kristoff via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >  Has anyone been able to digipeat APRS through the ISS with a 5 watt HT
> > and an Arrow antenna lately? If so, what are your secrets for success?
> > If 5 watts and an Arrow doesn't work please let me know that, too, so I
> > can pursue a different aspect of our hobby.
> > thanks!
> > Steve AI9IN
> > Grid EM79ji
> > Oldenburg IN 47036
> >
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Brian Wilkins
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