<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I hope they turn it back on soon -- I'm well away from my usual QTH, but have packed the Kenwood TH-D72 and Arrow II antenna. I got an excellent visual pass this evening, but hope they turn the radio back on in the next 24 hours or so, or I'll miss my chance.<br></div><div><br></div><div>From the top of Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine, I worked some Canadian stations on APRS:<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="raw_line">2015-08-13 16:38:59 EDT: <b><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KD0KZE-7" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KD0KZE-7">KD0KZE-7</a></b>>TTRQ1S,<a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VA1COR" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VA1COR">VA1COR*</a>,WIDE1,WIDE2-1,qAR,<a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1GX-1" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1GX-1">VE1GX-1</a>:``)Fl _[/>TH-D72 Mt Desert Island=</span><br> <span class="raw_line">2015-08-13 16:44:16 EDT: <b><a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KD0KZE-7" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=KD0KZE-7">KD0KZE-7</a></b>>TTRQ1S,<a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1VZ" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1VZ">VE1VZ*</a>,WIDE1*,WIDE2-1,qAR,<a href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1WN" data-mce-href="http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&limit=&call=VE1WN">VE1WN</a>:``)Gl e[/>TH-D72 Mt Desert Island=</span></div><div><br></div><div>I'm a bit baffled -- did I actually work VE1VZ directly? According to aprs.fi, that's 147.9 miles. But when I look at line-of-sight formulas based around height and earth's curvature (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-of-sight_propagation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-of-sight_propagation</a>), I work out something like distance in miles = 1.41 x square root (of 1500 feet), or around 54 miles. How'd I work a station 147 miles away across the Bay of Fundy on 2m?<br></div><div><br></div><div>73, KD0KZE / Paul<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Nagi Punyamurthula via aprssig" <aprssig@tapr.org><br><b>To: </b>"John" <k4ag@bellsouth.net>, "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig@tapr.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, August 13, 2015 5:40:54 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [aprssig] ISS digi<br><div><br></div>It has been inactive for the last 4 days, 14hr. no prior notice that I know of. Just the hams posted inactive reports on fans of iss web site<br><div><br></div><br><div><br></div><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: aprssig [mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] On Behalf Of John via aprssig<br>Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:38 AM<br>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org><br>Subject: [aprssig] ISS digi<br><div><br></div>Hi,<br><div><br></div>It appears that the digi on the ISS has been off the air for several days, did I miss an announcement about this?<br>Anyone have any info on this?<br><div><br></div>73,<br>John<br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br>aprssig@tapr.org<br>http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br>aprssig@tapr.org<br>http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>