It's a total rush for sure! That being said, operating the ISS repeater is a challenge. Normally 5W with a yagi is about all you need for the birds. For this one, there is so much mutual interference, that to break through and capture the FM signal, people keep cranking up the power. That's bad for the radios on the satellites and just bad practice overall. Hate to say it is what it is, but yeah...
I can not wait to get the QSL card! If there's a chance to meet him in person here in Houston to sign the card too, so much the better! I have an arrow antenna you're welcome to when you get back. It doesn't have a built in duplexer, so you'd have to pick one of those up to make the most use out of it. That would be about $65 (http://www.arrowantennas.com/main/10w.html) but half the cost of a new one for sure. -- Ben Cook [email protected] On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, at 08:50, Charlotte KI5TRQ via BVARC wrote: > Yes!!!!! We were able to hear them from camp but didn't get a contact in, we > tried so hard xD > > I don't have an arrow antenna but maybe in the future. Alas... > > Congrats though!! That's so exciting!! > > Welcome aboard the ISS... > > On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 8:45 AM Ben Cook via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just had to share this with you guys! Still bouncing around the house like a >> kid on Christmas eve! My son Kyle, KG5YPD and I were both able to make >> contact with the crew of the ISS yesterday afternoon with astronaut Dr. >> Lindgren, KO5MOS operating as NA1SS. My buddy Stephen, N8URE got a good >> recording from his place in MD. I'm at about the 3:45 mark and my son is >> about a minute later at the 4:45 mark. SOOOO FREAKING AWESOME! >> >> Contact was 2022-06-17 at 18:29Z >> >> @Henry and @Char if you're able to try and follow the next few passes, you >> might get lucky too! This is a first for me in 27 years as a ham, for some >> of the other guys, much longer! >> >> Link to audio on Dropbox: https://t.co/WEPneRNwsd >> >> -- >> Ben Cook >> [email protected] >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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