Today I finally managed to get some APRS packets through the ISS, this was helped somewhat by Dad (M3JFM) hand steering the Sota 2m 3 element beam and me shouting the odd direction.

Equipment

  • Yaesu FT-817
  • Sota Beam 3 Elements
  • Signalink USB
  • Software: AGW Packet Engine, UISS & UIView

UI-View Screenshot

Raw Packets

The most important one is the RS0ISS* which is the retransmitted packet.

Fm 2E0SQL To CQ Via ARISS,RS0ISS-4 [12:43:04]
=5145.23N/00114.45W-Hello from Oxford {UIV23}

Fm 2E0SQL To CQ Via ARISS [12:43:24]
=5146.15N/00112.30W-Peter, Oxford {UISS52}

Fm 2E0SQL To CQ Via RS0ISS-4* [12:43:26] =5146.15N/00112.30W-Peter, Oxford {UISS52}

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