At approximately 1800z today, I had a nice high elevation ARISSat pass, and again tried out the SSB transponder.
I easily heard my uplink while calling CQ a few times. I was pleasantly surprised when Bob, K9OIM in EM56 answered me. The QSO was very brief, but exciting. I wonder if anyone is keeping a tally of contacts made using the ARISSat transponder? Or are there just too many to count? 73 de Sebastian, W4AS - EL95 On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > Sebastian, > > I saw what must have been you in the transponder, but I was busy gathering > TLM. Thanks for the report! > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sebastian, W4AS > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:05 PM > To: AMSAT-BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat transponder > > At the 1850z pass, ARISSat passed at approximately 20 degrees for me. I > hadn't tried the SSB transponder in a while, and decided to give it a go. > Once I found my downlink, it was loud and clear throughout most of the past. > Called CQ for several minutes, but no takers. > > Those who haven't tried it, really should. > > 73 de Sebastian, W4AS _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
