Who is the lady ending "XKT"?

Hello all,
during the first ISS voice repeater after its reactivation in occasion of the Russian Space Patrol event, I had the pleasure to contact TA3EL Ali.
It was a good occasion to verify how sensitive the repeater modulation is. In facts, I had to lower the modulation to less than the half of the level that I normally use for other satellite operations.
Also remember that many are willing to try so once you had the contact please leave space for the others.

During normal voice operations I see that many stations use to call after the Astronaut replied to someone else, interrupting their QSO.
This is of course very bad habit denoting poor ham spirit. Those "alligators" will now have to think twice before they choose to eat another QSO because they will have to do it in front of everyone else.

In UHF doppler correction is a must so get ready to learn more about it if you still havent...
I wish everyone good luck with the ISS repeater!
Alain

Hello All,

I just received reports (from friends) that
the ISS (voice) crossband repeater is switched on.
The frequencies are:
TXuplink: 437.800 (FM).
TXdownlink: 145.800 (FM).

Do not use too loud mic modulation
otherwise repeater switch off!!!
When you do not correct doppler you -
should NOT operate on the ISS repeater!!!
Read repeater operations tips on my page:
http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl/issrepeater.html

73's Cor PD0RKC
http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl