Thanks for these emails. Sure looks like it did make a pass over us. I was actually reading a bunch on this topic today and getting excited to start towards the goal of contacting the ISS.
I went outside just to listen and didn’t hear anything. Sincerely, Michael Giannaccio Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 15, 2020, at 7:45 PM, KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was not successful. LOL > > I did send on the simplex uplink and got a well-timed squelch break on the > downlink simplex frequency, but I certainly can’t call it a contact. Enough > to get my wife really interested though, maybe I’ll have more budget for > radio stuff now? > > Who are the AMSAT/ARISS nerds in the group? I want to chat. > > 73 de KJ5EMP > > ------------------------------------------------- > KJ Anderson > 253-380-2636 > www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd > > From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of KJ Anderson via BVARC > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 7:21 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > Cc: KJ Anderson <[email protected]>; Chris Luppens <[email protected]>; > Jimmy Vance <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] ISS Tonight > > The “Heavens-Above” app on my Android phone alerted me, it looks like there’s > quite a bit of disparity across the apps. That’s unfortunate. > > https://www.astroviewer.net/iss/en/index.php shows the path going right over > us in a little bit, currently east of Australia and rising for us, but I > can’t get it to give me a time over Houston. > http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=25544# agrees with the transit with a > live view and they’re streaming youtube for the SpaceX Dragon Crew-1 > Commercial flight as well (been watching for a few hours). > https://www.amsat.org/status/ says someone heard them while the crew was > active a few days ago, though that’s not necessarily the repeater. I’m going > to try both simplex and repeater. > > I’m pretty sure they’re coming overhead, I just don’t know if the radios will > be live. ARISS says they’re shutting the radios off on the 18th for some > flight stuff, but otherwise, I have no reason to believe it shouldn’t be a > good time tonight. I’m going to head outside. Happy hunting!! > > ------------------------------------------------- > KJ Anderson > 253-380-2636 > www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd > > From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Luppens via BVARC > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 7:11 PM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > Cc: Chris Luppens <[email protected]>; Jimmy Vance > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] ISS Tonight > > I have no knowledge about repeater status but this is from tracker app I > bought. > <image001.png> > > None was shown for tonight. > > Chris Luppens > > > > On Nov 15, 2020, at 7:07 PM, WA5TWT via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > <image0.png> > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 15, 2020, at 6:46 PM, Jimmy Vance via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't think the repeater is active right now and where did you get your > data? I see this on the NASA site > > for Houston > > Date > > Visible > > Max Height* > > Appears > > Disappears > > Share Event > > Fri Nov 13, 6:07 AM > > 3 min > > 12° > > 10° above W > > 10° above SSW > > > > Sat Nov 14, 5:22 AM > > 2 min > > 22° > > 22° above SSW > > 10° above S > > > > > Sun Nov 15, 7:33 PM > > < 1 min > > 16° > > 11° above SW > > 16° above SW > > > > > Mon Nov 16, 6:45 PM > > 3 min > > 44° > > 10° above SSW > > 44° above SE > > > > > Tue Nov 17, 5:59 PM > > 4 min > > 22° > > 11° above S > > 14° above E > > > > > Tue Nov 17, 7:36 PM > > < 1 min > > 16° > > 14° above W > > 16° above WNW > > > > > Wed Nov 18, 6:49 PM > > 2 min > > 40° > > 29° above W > > 32° above N > > > > > Thu Nov 19, 6:01 PM > > 5 min > > 83° > > 30° above SW > > 11° above NE > > > > > Fri Nov 20, 6:50 PM > > 3 min > > 13° > > 10° above WNW > > 11° above NNW > > > > > Sat Nov 21, 6:03 PM > > 4 min > > 22° > > 18° above WNW > > 11° above NNE > > > > > > > > On 11/15/2020 5:53 PM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote: > The ISS is supposed to fly directly overhead tonight, perfect 90 degrees > zenith over Houston at 7:36PM, available for ~3 minutes either side. I’m > going to try to hit the repeater on it, now that it’s fixed. > > If you want to join: > Downlink: 437.800 +/- doppler > Uplink: 145.990 (67hz PL Tone) > > http://k0lwc.com/new-ham-radio-onboard-the-iss-is-on-the-air/ > > and of course: https://www.ariss.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > KJ Anderson > 253-380-2636 > www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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