The Amateur Radio Station aboard the International Space Station (ARISS) offers you exciting possibilities of operating your ham radio station via space, likely using the gear that you already own:
- A VHF AX.25 packet radio digipeater on 145.825 MHz FM up/down
- The VHF-UHF FM Crossband Repeater on 145.990 up and 437.800 MHz down
- ARISS School Contacts where an astronaut hosts students on 145.800 MHz FM
- Occasional Slow-Scan TV transmissions on 145.800 FM
- Rare contacts with the crew via the cross band repeater
This blog will concentrate on your setting up your station for the ISS packet radio digipeater – and making keyboard contacts. We’ll begin with an overview of the free Windows based software you’ll need. We’ll follow up with how operate with your new earth station.
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