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What Andrew is hinting at is that an HT with a rubber duck antenna
is pretty wimpy in getting a digital signal to the ISS several
hundred miles overhead. The path loss over that distance,
especially while they are on UHF, is significant. It can be done (I
have done it once, with an extended 2m whip antenna), but it takes
ideal circumstances and frankly a lot of luck.<br>
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You might investigate getting a small beam antenna (look for Elk or
Arrow hand-held antennas) to boost your signal a bit. That will
help with all the other satellites you might be interested in
working too.<br>
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Good luck,<br>
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Greg KO6TH<br>
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<div dir="ltr">no.. hmm.. i am not even sure i know what that is..
but i am guessing my guesses might be pretty close..
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<div>my HT is a Kenwood THD-72</div>
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here and there for awhile, and i'm not sure i have
seen this go by..
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<div class="gmail_msg">I am just starting to play
with satellites, and I can receive packets from
ISS just fine, i just can't hit it.</div>
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<div class="gmail_msg">Are there any other
satellites carrying APRS that i might have more
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<div class="gmail_msg">Every time I start googling
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<div class="gmail_msg">thanks!</div>
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