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  • New ISS Packet Distance Record Claimed

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Sat Feb 11 00:07:19 2017
    02/10/2017

    AMSAT-NA[1] reports that Mark Pisani, KK6OTJ, and Jerry Rogers, W8LR, are claiming a new distance record for their February 1 APRS message packet contact during a pass of the International Space Station (ISS). The distance was 3,089 kilometers (approximately 1,915 miles), establishing a new distance record for the ISS digipeater. - Thanks to AMSAT News Service via Mark Pisani, KK6OTJÿ


    [1] http://www.amsat.org

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