Love it! -David, N9KT

And of course, the ARISS "Current Status of ISS ham radio stations" page which says: Radio to be powered OFF to support Progress 79 undocking on June 01. OFF May 31 about 18:15, ON June 01 about 10:40

They may have heard your grid and needed it but didn't hear your callsign, so they just said your grid. Next time if you hear just your grid, you might try immediately giving your callsign and grid ag

Here's a typical contact: Me: N9KT EM69 Them: N9KT NA1SA FN10 Me: NA1SA QSL https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hKtjWjGtHK-5tc4_QkfOV5Lej9jsZcFC/view?usp=sharing -David, N9KT

Bill- If it's during the day and you are not hearing anything on those birds, then I'd say you probably have something wrong with your equipment. Those particular birds are always busy. -David, N9KT

Bill- Which satellite are you trying to listen to, or is it all of them? Some are easier than others. Some are only on for half the pass. -David, N9KT

For anyone wanting a great FM full-duplex 5W radio for satellites, the FT-530 is awesome! I've got one and I have almost 200 grid squares with it. They have 41 memories so you can store complete passe

https://www.amsat.org/linear-satellite-frequency-summary/ -David, N9KT

TAUSAT-1 is supposed to have an FM repeater. We are not sure of the frequency and it will have an "up to 20% ham usage schedule" after commissioning. -David, N9KT

I work SO-50 almost every day with an Arrow and a 5W HT. I only had to turn the timer on one time and that was about 4am EST local and I was the only person on the bird. All the other times it was alr

I have the students in my ham club make this one and it looks nice! -David, N9KT

Can you enlighten me as to why AMSAT-NA not having any operational satellites is "very concerning"? From my standpoint, as long as there are satellites I can use I'm happy. Also, isn't AO-7 an AMSAT-N

For us with just FM HTs, this is getting dire! -David, N9KT

I just read the AMSAT bulletin. Am I reading it correctly that the ISS antenna cable replacement went bad and now the ISS repeater is down for probably quite a while? That would mean that we only have

Max- It's sad when we lose any satellites since there are so few. Hopefully it comes back alive or we "find" it on another frequency. On a brighter note, UVSQ-SAT with an FM transponder has been heard

BTW, I'll keep adjusting that document as satellites come and go, so bookmark it to have the latest info. -David, N9KT

Clint- He specifically asked for FM satellites. Fox-1E is a linear transponder. It got "upgraded" from the original FM transponder: https://amsat-uk.org/2020/12/03/amsat-radfxsat-2-fox-1e/ If you mean

Unfortunately, there are really only four reliable ones left. In my book they are from easiest to hardest as follows: PO-101 (you have to check on https://www.amsat.org/status/ for it's status or watc

Yes according to tweets I've seen. But first they have to commission the satellite and then they will schedule ham operations. It will probably be like PO-101 where every several days they tweet the s

UVSQ-SAT was launched this morning and the beacon has been detected. Sometime in the future we'll have another FM transponder! -David, N9KT