According to the ARRL and AMSAT, the HT commonly used for ARISS contacts from the Columbus Module began displaying an error message and so far has not been able to be reset. The ARISS technical team back on the ground is working on identifying and hopefully fixing the problem. Some operations on 70 centimeters are also being considered. The packet digipeater (for which the Kenwood rig is normally used) has been shut down in the interim.
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| India's Pratham satellite was one of two cubesats recently launched with ham radio transmitters aboard. (From Prathan home page) |
In other space news, two new satellites carrying
amateur radio payloads were launched in late September. The cubesats are the
Algerian AISat-1N and Indian Pratham. Both are downlink-only satellites, making
FSK data and/or CW beacon transmissions.
