In the middle of the Makrothen RTTY ham radio contest I took a break and set things up for another ISS (International Space Station) packet session. As the ISS came into my coverage area I sent my APRS packet info. I also started to decode packets from others from the central US and from the east coast. Halfway through, I stopped xmitting and decoding for some reason so I shut down the apps and started them back up and it seemed fine again.
My APRS position was received and sent back and repeated onto the Internet by KB8YSE. I also sent a received a message with N1RCN in Rhode Island. Here’s the exchange from http://www2.findu.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?call=K2DSL:
| from | to | time | message | |
| N1RCN | K2DSL | 10/10 13:06:09z | Reply | Good Morning From Fletch In Bristol, RI |
| K2DSL | N1RCN | 10/10 13:05:34z | Send another | Hi from Waldwick, NJ, USA |
That looks like this mornings overhead pass is the only pass today worth trying. There are some new astronauts on the way to the ISS and they should dock in another day or two.
73,
K2DSL