[OZAPRS] [Fwd: [aprssig] ARISS and PCSAT status]

JandG touringaus at bigpond.com
Fri Dec 12 10:49:01 EST 2008


Are there any 9600 Igates in Australia.

I have had no probs having my packet APRS digipeated by ISS on 9600 ("My 
Position") but it looks like it wasn't received by an Igate in AU or NZ

Cheers
Gerard
VK2JNG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard" <vk3jfk at amsat.org>
To: "VK / ZL APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: [OZAPRS] [Fwd: [aprssig] ARISS and PCSAT status]


> FYI
>
> Cheers
> Richard
> VK3JFK
> -------------------
>
> At about 2015z, here is what I am seeing on ISS and PCSAT:
>
> ISS is doing well on 9600 baud on 145.825. A nice amount of
> activity. Looking at the live downlink on www.ariss.net it is
> easy to see that we do have some good 9600 baud Igates passing
> the 9600 baud data into the APRS system. Over the last 4 hours
> I see these IGates:
>
> qAS,KD8CAO-7
> qAR,K7MT-1:
> qAR,K7OFT-10:
> qAS,PA3GUO:
> qAR,ST2NH:
> qAS,DF9CP:
> qAR,PD0RKC:
>
> After 7 years, PCSAT is not waking up as bright and chipper as
> before. For the third day, we got control, but this time, she
> did make it through a full orbit. Last telemetry packet was
> T#212 or 212 minutes of uptime. We have DIGI OFF while it
> recharges. BUT, as of this writing, we have not seen anything
> on its web page downlink for over 4 hours.
>
> Either we do not have enough Igates on 145.825 1200 baud, or it
> has crashed again. It is easy to see on http://pcsat.aprs.org.
> If the telemetry number is above 90 then it has run a full orbit
> since the last re-start. When we change the callsign from
> NODIGI back to PCSAT-1, then it will be open for digipeating.
> Details on www.aprs.org/pcsat.html
>
> When PCSAT returns to user service, please review the
> user-service-agreement on www.aprs.org/pcsat/contract.txt
> particularly we do not want to see any unattended beacons
> cluttering up the ISS/PCSAT channel on 145.825. Let the live
> users communicate.
>
> If any dual-hop opportunities arise, the best PATH to use is VIA
> ARISS,ARISS since both satellites support that alias, and both
> satellites will do their callsign-substitution if successful.
> The normal APRS path of WIDE2-2 will also work, but last time I
> tried it, the RS0ISS did not insert it's callsign, so you had no
> proof that it went via ISS. SO use ARISS,ARISS for possible two
> hops. Best place to look is at AOS on the west coast (if the
> one person in Hawaii is actually transmitting) and at LOS on the
> east coast if the geometery of a conjunction will get to Europe.
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> aprssig mailing list
> aprssig at tapr.org
> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig
>
>
> 

_______________________________________________
Ozaprs mailing list
Ozaprs at aprs.net.au
http://aprs.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ozaprs



More information about the Ozaprs mailing list