Bill McArthur on UHF band next weekend.
This weekend (Jan 14-15
UTC) Bill McArthur plans to operate on the UHF band
exclusively. It is his desire to work all continents
on the UHF band from
the International Space Station.
The frequency he will
be using will be 437.55 simplex. Due to the high
Doppler effect on this band, one will need to operate split
frequencies for
most of the pass. A very simplified chart
showing memory assignment for
transmit and receive with 5 KHz spacing is below
as an example .
Mem.
TX - RX
Ch A - 437.540 -
437.560 Acquisition of signal (AOS)
Ch B - 437.545 -
437.555
Ch C - 437.550 -
437.550 Time of closest approach (TCA)
Ch D - 437.555 -
437.545
Ch E
-437.560 - 437.540 Loss of signal (LOS)
Good Luck and 73,
Kenneth G. Ransom -
N5VHO
ISS Ham Radio Project
Engineer
Houston, TX