<div dir="ltr">Pretty much all of the ISS passes while I am hiking are overnight, but a few between 5-6am (30 & 60 degrees) I might be awake for (attempting to wake up and pack up).<div><br></div><div>NO-84 has a few good late afternoon passes (60-80 degrees)</div><div><br></div><div>Marcus, vk5wtf</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 at 07:49 vk2tv <<a href="mailto:vk2tv@exemail.com.au">vk2tv@exemail.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Arial">This page - <a class="m_4351782141421599651moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aprs.org/psat.html" target="_blank">http://aprs.org/psat.html</a> - talks
about PSAT running just 300mW, 16dB lower than the ISS so I
suspect the problem would be hearing the satellite rather than
it hearing you, assuming the its rx hasn't deliberately been
desensitised. I rarely read about rx sensitivity on the
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<div class="m_4351782141421599651moz-cite-prefix">On 08/12/17 22:28, Josh wrote:<br>
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<pre>From Sydney I often get picked up by satgates in VK3/4/5 and ZL - the
ISS's footprint is pretty large.
ISS is probably the only bird you'll have much luck with using just a
HT, but you might get into NO-84 on a good pass.
- Josh VK2HFF
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<pre>I'm about to go on a hike through Tassie (Overland Track) in a few
weeks, and I've been thinking about taking my VX8 with me and attempting
a few posits along the way, is there anyone in earshot of the ISS
SatGating around there? Any other aprs sats worth giving a go?
73,
Marcus
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