[OZAPRS] information on APRS in Australia.- via ISS

Mike Zwingl oe3mzc oe3mzc at oevsv.at
Wed Jun 28 04:46:40 EST 2006 

Gents,
I made some calculations on ISS based on kepler data of today:

Ground Station    : Brisbane, Australia   ---   QG62MM
 Date (UTC)          Time (UTC) of        Duration   Azimuth at  Peak  Vis

Orbit
                 AOS      MEL      LOS     of Pass  AOS MEL LOS  Elev

Tue  27Jun06  01:06:53 01:09:49 01:12:48  00:05:55  185 148 110   4.2  DDD

43472
              02:40:35 02:45:24 02:50:16  00:09:41  219 136  48  59.7* DDD

43473
              04:17:05 04:20:04 04:23:07  00:06:02  265 303 342   4.5  DDD

43474
              17:25:48 17:30:36 17:35:29  00:09:41  333  52 129  36.8  NNN

43483
              19:01:41 19:05:49 19:09:58  00:08:17  275 218 161  11.0  NNV

43484

Ground Station    : Darwin, Australia   ---   PH57MN
 Date (UTC)          Time (UTC) of        Duration   Azimuth at  Peak  Vis

Orbit
                 AOS      MEL      LOS     of Pass  AOS MEL LOS  Elev

Tue  27Jun06  04:15:59 04:19:53 04:23:50  00:07:52  186 131  76   9.8  DDD

43474
              05:50:28 05:54:51 05:59:22  00:08:54  237 304  13  19.2  DDD

43475
              17:20:22 17:24:09 17:27:59  00:07:37    5  56 107   8.6  NNN

43483
              18:54:26 18:59:00 19:03:41  00:09:16  302 231 160  22.4  NNN

43484

Ground Station    : Perth (PER), Australia   ---   OF88EO
 Date (UTC)          Time (UTC) of        Duration   Azimuth at  Peak  Vis

Orbit
                 AOS      MEL      LOS     of Pass  AOS MEL LOS  Elev

Tue  27Jun06  02:35:28 02:37:39 02:39:55  00:04:27  186 159 132   2.2  DDD

43473
              04:09:09 04:13:44 04:18:21  00:09:12  211 142  72  20.8  DDD

43474
              05:44:15 05:48:46 05:53:12  00:08:57  241 309  15  18.9  DDD

43475
              18:58:13 19:00:53 19:03:41  00:05:29   23  57  91   3.6  NNN

43484
              20:30:34 20:35:30 20:40:29  00:09:56  317  60 135  88.2* NNN

43485
              22:07:11 22:10:57 22:14:51  00:07:41  261 211 159   8.2  NNV

43486

you can checkout the common times:
i.e.. Brisbane-Darwin  04:17-04:23  17:25-17:27  19:02-19:03
     Brisbane-Perth   04:17-04:18  19:01-19:03

Its only several minutes a day under optimum conditions towards the
horizon.

vy 73 de mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Forbes" <vk3ukf at hotmail.com>
To: <oe3mzc at oevsv.at>
Cc: <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] information on APRS in Australia.


> Hello Mike,
>
> Your ISS aprs sigs would probably only just make it to the east coast, I

> have had only several VK6 contacts via ISS, and none yet to VK8 (lack of

> ops).
> I am in VK3, just west of Melbourne.
> But I believe there is an active ISS Satgate/Igate near Adelaide in VK5,
> and, I also believe that there is an active Satgate/Igate in VK6 as
well.
> Your aprs sigs would more than likely end up going through one of those.
> If they are offline, you will have to wait until ISS is to your East and

> low on the horizon.
> Have a play with your sat tracking software and watch the passes over
VK5, 
> while keeping an eye on the ring of contact.
> Also, if you have HF, consider using HF for getting out your position.
>
> http://vhf.worldsbest.com.au/papers/ISS_Packet.htm
>
> I just found this link in my favourites and had a giggle, looks like I 
> made the grade and someone noticed. :-)
>
> Cheers and good luck my friend.
> 73's, Kevin, VK3UKF.
>
> The day that I stop learning, will be the same day that I die.
>
>>From: "Mike Zwingl oe3mzc" <oe3mzc at oevsv.at>
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>>Gents,
>>can anyone tell me, what would be the maximum area covered by ISS over
VK6
>>and VK8?
>>If I travel Westcoast and I-Gate is East Coast, will it receive my 
>>position
>>and take it to the internet?
>>
>>hw?
>>vy 73 de oe3mzc
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Richard Hoskin" <vk3jfk at amsat.org>
>>To: "'VK / ZL APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:52 AM
>>Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] information on APRS in Australia.
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Gents,
>> >
>> > To complement HF APRS you might want to consider APRS via ISS.
>> > ISS is very easy to access with a HH and a 1/4 wave antenna on the
roof
>>of
>> > the car. There are at least 2 permanent ground stations in Eastern VK

>> > on
>> > the
>> > downlink. The ISS digi is off occasionally during school contacts,
>>special
>> > events and space ship dockings. You should be able to get an idea of 
>> > the
>> > operational schedule from http://www.issfanclub.com/
>> >
>> > The path to use for HF is GATE,WIDE and for ISS is SGATE,WIDE You can
>> > easily
>> > put each path in one of the TT3's 2 profiles. www.aprs.net.au has
some
>> > information on these systems.
>> >
>> > It would also be worth connecting to APRS-IS server
>> > first.aprs.net.au:14579
>> > to get an idea of VHF Digi's that may cover the areas where you
expect
>>to
>> > travel. All VK except VK3 (Victoria) operates on 145.175Mhz. Most of 
>> > VK3
>> > operates on 144.900Mhz.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Richard
>> > VK3JFK
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au]

>> >> On
>> >> Behalf Of zlscanners
>> >> Sent: Monday, 19 June 2006 6:20 PM
>> >> To: vk4tec at tech-software.net; VK / ZL APRS Users
>> >> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] information on APRS in Australia.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the link Can I point out that the links I am trying to
look
>> >> at don't work
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Detailed State information on APRS.
>> >>
>> >> VK6  just comes back with ERROR The requested URL could not be
>>retrieved
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> and the VK4 "tries" to show a findu a map
>> >>
>> >> Anyway thanks for the frequency and the path now just have to work
out
>> >> if that will work in Perth and Brisbane and up to Rockhampton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Mike oe3mzc,VK3FPF/6 for your input I will only have VHF/UHF 
>> >> all
>> >> the best for your trip.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Kiely
>> >> ZL1KM
>> >>
>> >> Andrew Rich wrote:
>> >> > Use 145.175 MHz
>> >> >
>> >> > Use path of RELAY,WIDE
>> >> >
>> >> > http://aprs.net.au/
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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