[OZAPRS] Roll Call - SAT GATES

[vk2tv]

Not to advocate the use of high power, and for the sake of discussion, 
doesn't the up-link power limitation apply to linear birds and not to a 
single frequency FM transceiver as used for APRS?

I understood Andrew was talking about APRS.

Ray vk2tv

On 30/08/17 18:31, Mark Jessop wrote:
> Again, completely ridiculous for satellite work. You'd overload any 
> transponders you would want to work and make it useless for other 
> users. Most sats recommend something like 5-20W MAXIMUM.
>
> Anyway.
>
> I've got my SatNOGS ground station decoding any APRS traffic it comes 
> across while running observations:
> https://network.satnogs.org/stations/15/
>
> If it happens to get scheduled with an ISS pass, and is tasked to 
> listen on 145.825 MHz (not always the case, but is true for most 
> passes), it will decode and gate whatever it hears as VK5QI-3.
> It has only been running in this mode for about a week, and required 
> me to do some mods to SatNOGS to make it work. Currently a bit of a 
> battle to make sure the guys that task these ground stations 
> understand that APRS is the most likely thing to be heard from the ISS.
>
> Antenna is a turnstile with a MiniKits 2m preamp under it, and i've 
> found the antenna works best on passes > 30 degrees elevation. I may 
> need to tweak the element spacing to make it a bit broader.
>
> 73
> Mark VK5QI
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net 
> <mailto:vk4tec at tech-software.net>> wrote:
>
>     Thats my current draw
>
>     Its more like 1 kW RF
>
>     A
>
>
>>     On 30 Aug 2017, at 6:15 pm, Scott Evans <vk7hse at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:vk7hse at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     100w is a tad overkill for chasing satellites! 😉
>>
>>
>>     On Wed., 30 Aug. 2017, 17:58 Andrew Rich
>>     <vk4tec at tech-software.net <mailto:vk4tec at tech-software.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Cool
>>
>>         Running a Diamond X base station
>>
>>         LDF4-50
>>
>>         ICOM 910H
>>
>>         100 W
>>
>>         Signalink USB
>>
>>         WixW2
>>
>>         or TNC with APRS program
>>
>>         Doppler correction via CIV
>>
>>         C U on the sats
>>
>>         Andrew
>>
>>
>>         > On 30 Aug 2017, at 5:34 pm, Graeme <graeme at abrona.com.au
>>         <mailto:graeme at abrona.com.au>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         > My son Joshua VK2HFF is.
>>         >
>>         > Graeme VK2HFG
>>         >
>>         > -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Rich Sent:
>>         Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:29 PM To: Australian APRS Users
>>         Subject: [OZAPRS] Roll Call - SAT GATES
>>         > Anyone running sat gates for ISS / NO-84 ?
>>         >
>>         > Andrew VK4TEC
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