Let's operate the APRS digipeater on the International Space Station. 145.825Mhz APRS simplex ISS Location: isstracker.com ISS Traffic/scoreboard: www.ariss.net/ APRS maps/info: aprs.fi/
Hi Bradley, yah, supply chain is a mess. rpilocator.com, or check ebay. Jason's build-a-pi gives you a full Linux desktop, and a cool way to install all the components yourself, so it's more of a process. DigiPi is a single SD card image with everything preinstalled, and is entirely managed with a web interface, and ham radio apps display on your phone, digipi is more of an appliance. You'll learn a lot more going with build-a-pi, and can completely customize your build.
Hi, can I use an Icom ic705 for ISS APRS along with APRSDROID on my phone via Bluetooth and of course with the digipi? If yes, could you make a video showing how to set it up and use it? Thanks for the great content.
Yes, absolutely. The ic705 makes it easy, since you just need a USB cable (no audio board, etc). I'll have to look back at my videos, I think i made some in this regard. check my bluetooth video for bluetooth connections, also more info at digipi.org .
If I wanted to work the ISS digipeater in the back country do I need a directional antenna? Most other videos I have seen on the internet people are using directional antennas.
A yagi might help, but I don't own one, and can often hit the ISS with a rubber duck, better with signal-stick, much easier with rollup jpole. make sure you angle an omni-directional antenna so the ISS is broad-side. The big Diamond X200 stick on the roof works every time, especially good with the ISS is lower on the horizon.
@@KM6LYW I have a rollup jpole so I will give that a try. Just so I understand this correctly, if the ISS is directly overhead I would want my rollup jpole to be horizontal to the ground correct? That way it would be broadside to the ISS passing overhead?
@@JoJa015 Yes, that's exactly right, or whatever angle off the horizon. check the station ages on ariss.net. the iss digi has been down for the past few days.
The ISS digipeater is back up? Fantastic news. Good video. Thanks for the info.
Glad to hear the ISS is digipeating! Maybe I can finally get my Apple //e to ping it :)
Just saw your beacon from the ISS 11:42 MDT!
w00t! send me a message with your grid! I'll watch for it.
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Love your videos. Still having trouble finding a pi zero w. As a comparison how does your pi build differ from that of km4ack?
Hi Bradley, yah, supply chain is a mess. rpilocator.com, or check ebay. Jason's build-a-pi gives you a full Linux desktop, and a cool way to install all the components yourself, so it's more of a process. DigiPi is a single SD card image with everything preinstalled, and is entirely managed with a web interface, and ham radio apps display on your phone, digipi is more of an appliance. You'll learn a lot more going with build-a-pi, and can completely customize your build.
@@KM6LYW Thanks for the response. I will probably build one of each for the experience. Keep up the great work.
Hi, can I use an Icom ic705 for ISS APRS along with APRSDROID on my phone via Bluetooth and of course with the digipi? If yes, could you make a video showing how to set it up and use it? Thanks for the great content.
Yes, absolutely. The ic705 makes it easy, since you just need a USB cable (no audio board, etc). I'll have to look back at my videos, I think i made some in this regard. check my bluetooth video for bluetooth connections, also more info at digipi.org .
Hi there!
What's name of this interested "device" have you connect to your radio? Tell me something about it. Name . Or link where I can find it?
digipi.org
If I wanted to work the ISS digipeater in the back country do I need a directional antenna? Most other videos I have seen on the internet people are using directional antennas.
A yagi might help, but I don't own one, and can often hit the ISS with a rubber duck, better with signal-stick, much easier with rollup jpole. make sure you angle an omni-directional antenna so the ISS is broad-side. The big Diamond X200 stick on the roof works every time, especially good with the ISS is lower on the horizon.
@@KM6LYW I have a rollup jpole so I will give that a try. Just so I understand this correctly, if the ISS is directly overhead I would want my rollup jpole to be horizontal to the ground correct? That way it would be broadside to the ISS passing overhead?
@@JoJa015 Yes, that's exactly right, or whatever angle off the horizon. check the station ages on ariss.net. the iss digi has been down for the past few days.
had packet radio connetction back in the days to the space station MIR, with a handheld and a HB9CV mounted on a ladder looking up ;)
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