Got into the ISS Aug 9, 2011 12:20EDT

Taken from the Stations heard list on Findu.com (http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi)

Call Messages lat lon Age (dd:hh:mm:ss)
ISS
*
. . 00:00:00:13
ISS-10 . . . 00:00:00:13
ISS-5 . . . 00:00:00:13
RS0ISS-3
*
. . 00:00:00:34
N8ROA-2
*
39.80967 -82.06767 00:00:12:07
KD8BXP
*
39.36017 -84.58550 00:00:12:37
K3AS
*
43.43583 -76.53833 00:00:12:48
KJ4WPD
*
35.16833 -79.00000 00:00:13:33
W4ZZA-1
*
34.24267 -87.67167 00:00:13:44
AC4AV
*
42.10750 -87.90667 00:00:13:53
W9QO
*
34.13600 -83.75867 00:00:15:43
AC5DI-10
*
31.50167 -95.47667 00:00:16:17
K6KMA-4
*
33.82517 -118.11517 00:00:18:00
XE2LU
*
25.62550 -100.28417 00:00:20:15
VK6CN-7 . -31.82583 115.77500 00:01:02:31
VK6CO . -31.90000 115.94033 00:01:02:41
VK6CO-2 . -31.90000 115.94033 00:01:03:07


Here is some audio from the pass:

Test

Testing from my android tablet

Working on updating the APRS2Twitter Script

So, I am working on trying to make the script easier to setup and easier to use, some of the APIs that are in the script have changed but still work...and some other things. I also am working on correcting some of the error that have cropped up. I even want to make it so it works out side the U.S. better...right now it does work, but only partially. I have even learned a few new things, and want to add some new features. I have a working prototype for automatically sending locations to foursquare. When I say working, I mean, only if I put my lat/lon in manually. So it still needs a lot of work there, but it works.

One issue I am running into is trying to figure out if a station is moving or sitting, I know there has to be an easy way to do this, but so far I haven't found it or had the "AH HA" moment (Anyone know?)

I think one of the projects I want to do is try to directly connect to the APRS-IS system (This has and still seems very confusing to me) but I found a couple of python scripts that do it, and I am looking at how they work. I don't know python but google is my friend. :-)

I have been playing around with oAuth2 on a couple of sites (Foursquare being one of them)

I tried to get something working on Facebook - but I can't seem to get anything to work on Facebook, facebook has always confused me, not I think it is just so big, it has too many things, and the documention needs updated or something, when I tried to get a token today it's keep giving me errors, when I tried to setup my app I think it setup as an oAuth app, and not a oAuth2 app... it wouldn't take my website. SO I kind of gave up on facebook (at least for now)

So what else...IF I can get some of these oAuth2 sites working, I am thinking I will write a one time script that will setup a "configuration file" so you'll not need to edit anything.

For now thou, I think things are progressing nicely

LeRoy, KD8BXP

My Random Thought of the Day!

This random thought goes hand in hand with my other random thought.

I wonder if I could use my radio to make an audio blog posting? ->
Maybe setup an All Star Link, with a recorder of some type, or just keying into a blog site API.

I wonder if something like this would be allowed under the rules of amateur radio, the more I think about it, the more I wonder - it could be considered a broadcast I would think, So maybe this random thought should only be a random thought
and never be tried.

Random Thought of the Day!

I had one of my random thoughts today - wondering if a allstar link server will do it -> Thinking about setting up a phone number that I can call my DSTAR radio here at the house and use it here while I am mobile over the phone...I know it is a random off the wall idea -> Allstar Link does have a phone interface thou so just wondering if it could be done.

ISS Pass Jul 15 2011

After reading N4TRQ's blog about getting the ISS on his HT with a rubber duck, I wondered why I had so much problem getting it using my HT and the arrow antenna, SO I went out and gave it a try.

The 1st pass was at 83 degrees, and I was sitting at my home QTH.


It was pretty successful.

Still made me wonder why I had such a hard time working the ISS with my arrow.. Anyways, There was a 2nd pass coming up today, and I just knew I had to get in on it! Never working a satellite while mobile made me want to try it all the more.



This pass was also coming over top of N4TRQ location a few minutes after it passed me. I wanted to try to send a message again. I wanted it to work!

N4TRQ's video: He is working the same pass, at about the same time


Pretty amazing really, considering we had not planned this, thou I did know he was going to be listening to the same pass I was going to be on! All in all thou, really good! I've decided that I probably need to be sitting thou to really decode the APRS packets from ISS, not sure what is going on there, maybe because of a lot of movement and Doppler effecting VHF the way it does?

Anyways, here are some screen grabs after I got home - the 1st is from findu - it just shows that I was there! You can also see a few calls down from mine - N4TRQ-7



This one is the Findu map - my call is a little behind someone elses, but you can clearly see N4TRQ-7 on the east coast.



The last is my raw packets from aprs.fi -

Got Google Plus today!

It's not what I thought it would from watching the videos, there is a little bit of a learning curve, but so far I like what I see! I haven't really figured out how to add people, thou it's still closed at this point, maybe it will make more since once it is open. I am wondering what makes this different then google buzz? Maybe the circle of friends, family, ect.

And maybe I should have been invited from my google account that I have google buzz connected to everything already maybe that would make Google plus seem different!

I Like it, I would like to see how it progresses over the next few days.