How to hear SuitSat, what u need (more)

Some people have been asking whether the packet signals they're hearing on 437.800 is from SuitSat or from somebody sending it without knowing the situation?

It is not from SuitSat. It is from ground stations that are uplinking on 145.99. Unfortunately, there has also been increased voice activity using the ISS as a crossband repeater.

The ISS receiver has been unable to pickup SuitSat for whatever reason. To date, I have not received an audio file from 437.800 that has SuitSat audio on it.

I am getting a ton of audio file submissions which contain terrestrial based packet and voice that is being crossbanded through ISS from 145.99 over to 437.800.

People are sending them to me because they think it is SuitSat, or they send it to me and ask if I can get them to stop (I wish I had that power! hi). The highest amount of voice crossband activity seems to be Russian and Eastern European stations.

At this point, I wouldn't even bother monitoring for SuitSat on 437.800. I would continue to concentrate on 145.99.

Setting up the ISS in crossband repeat for SuitSat was a great idea, but it is not working. They may as well either turn it off or put it into standard crossband mode (437.8 UP/145.8 DOWN) and let people use that until SuitSat either goes silent or re-enters the atmosphere.

I'm sure Bill would love to get on and talk anyway. ;-)

A.J. Farmer, AJ3U

SuitSat audio files available at: http://www.aj3u.com

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