[OZAPRS] SatGate - UIView settings

[Tony Hunt]

Boy is there something ammiss here or is it just me??

 Its been a while since Ive played with the satellites.
Have a look here. This seems correct
http://www.aprs.net.au/satellite/aprs-satellite
http://www.aprs.net.au/satellite/aprs-capable-satellites

The path breaks down like this
ARISS  this is the generic alias on many spacecraft
SGATE this is the generic alias for ground based Satellite gates and x-band 
digis
WIDE2-1 this is a extra alias inserted for ground based systems that are not 
connected directly to the internet so they can make a single hop into a VHF 
terestrial network and then into an Igate off that network.

So the path boils down to perhaps
via ARISS,SGATE,WIDE2-1
or
RS0ISS-4,SGATE,WIDE2-1    this is ISS specific

If you want the WIDE2-1 is optional but serves as extra insurance. Note the 
RS0ISS-4 not R0ISS-4 as Richard put on there. Probably just a typo.

So in setting up a ground station (depending on how your doing it) you need 
to make sure it will get frames with SGATE in them as the next digi somehow 
to the internet.

Tony and Eva Hunt  wavetel at internode.on.net

----- Original Message ----- 

> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:45:49 +1000
> From: "Peter Schrader" <vk4ea at rumpleteazer.net>
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] SatGate - UIView settings
> To: <vk3jfk at amsat.org>, "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
> Message-ID: <0BE5994F9B954BC1A1FEE3029CF8D7D6 at edmi.local>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Thanks Richard,
> That clarifies things.
>
> Now onto constructing a better antenna!
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
> VK4EA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Hoskin [mailto:vk3jfk at amsat.org]
> Sent: Monday, 28 September 2009 4:49 PM
> To: vk4ea at wia.org.au; 'Australian APRS Users'
> Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] SatGate - UIView settings
>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On a SatGate you don't normally Tx to the satellite. The SatGate is RX 
> only
> to the satellite and TX/RX to the Internet (IIS).
>
> If you want to send the occasional beacon to the Satellite then it is
> recommended that you manually beacon using the path APRS via SGATE,WIDE2-1
> or APRS via R0ISS-4,WIDE2-1
>
> Automatic beaconing via a satellite is discouraged.
>
> Cheers
> Richard
> VK3JFK
>