John, I have worked them before. If you hear many stations being answered, thats because there are "many stations." 144.490 uplink should be used. You didn't mention any type of antenna you are using, however, on a pass that is below 45 degrees, you mobile should work OK-Just use the highest power level of your mobile to compensate for not having a directional antenna. Have a good tracking program to determine that the ISS is actually coming over your area. Have fun trying and when you do contact them, don't forget to ask for a QSL via the ARRL. A recording of the QSO would be nice to play at a local ham gathering to get others interested. 73, Dee, NB2F
Try 145.800 rec and 144-490 transmitt that works for me and best chance is when they are the closest to your location WA4HFN ----- Original Message ----- From: "News Radio 6" <newsrad...@gmail.com> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:19:16 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Na1iss Anyone have any tips for working the iss? I've heard several passes this week on 145.800 but cannot seem to get thru the pileup. Timing your transmissions seems to be the hardest part. The Tx offset I'm using is -1.31mhz. Any suggestions? John Va3bl Mobile in fn03 Sent from my iPod _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
