[OZAPRS] ISS operational on Packet

[Tony Hunt]

Its looking like ISS may have just become active on Packet again. Some
initial reports seem to sugest that its on 145.825 and Ive seen some
digipeated packets on findu with RS0ISS-4 on the Digipeater callsign with a
digi Flag set. Thats a * after the digi call.

The interesting thing about it is that ISS was not usually on 145.825 in the
past but rather 145.800 with a 145.990 uplink. Also on each of the passes
that there seems to be a station digied, there is a convergence with PCSat
on the orbit at exactly the same time where they share footprints. Thailand
and Chile are a couple.

So is PCsat active again on 145.825 ? Are we seeing ISS on 145.825 now and
is the uplink on 145.825 as well currently ? Maybee someone can put some
light on these points.

No passes here from ISS for another 8 hours or so but I am sitting on
145.825 now with the SatGate up and running.

I was just talking with Ron 3ECV on the phone as he is over in VK6 in
Bussleton presently. Is there a SatGate we can get going over there in VK6
near Perth now? Ron has his D700 on the MotorBike and is getting ready for a
few tries at some passes soon.

Ive got Digi_Ned running as the SatGate here under Windows and have been
messing with the Sat Tracking features which are enabled and working well
now.

For now I guess a Path Via ARISS,SGATE,WIDE2-2 would be a good start for
trying to see what works.

Tony Hunt  VK5AH


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