[OZAPRS] Fwd: [amsat-bb] APRS Satellites (QIKCOM-1 a GO for this Friday AM)

[Andrew Rich]

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> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Date: 27 October 2017 at 6:01:16 am AEST
> To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS Satellites (QIKCOM-1 a GO for this Friday AM)
> 
> QIKCOM-1 should deploy from the ISS Friday at 0920 UTC or so attached to
> the SIMPL spacecraft.  It is an APRS digipeater just like the ISS and also
> supports the same ARISS alias as the ISS digipeater.  Or you can be
> specific via QIKCOM-1 callsign.  At 4 Watts, it will be 10 dB stronger than
> PSAT(84) and about the same power level as ISS and should be easy to
> receive on the 145.825 downlink.
> 
> 
> 
> We ask all potential IGates to check your ground stations and make sure
> they are ready to IGate packets during those initial orbits from all over
> the globe.  If you do not have an IGate, just capture packets and email
> them to  qikcom1 at gmail.com until we see that everything is making it to the
> APRS-IS.
> 
> 
> 
> The downlink should be available on the original http://pcsat.findu.com and
> also on http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html
> 
> 
> 
> Being released from ISS, QIKCOM-1 will of course have the same Elements and
> tracking info as ISS until they begin to separate.  This means passes over
> the USA every 90 minutes beginning at 0630 EDT in the Southeast and ending
> after 1440 PDT in Southern California.
> 
> 
> 
> Web page:  http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html
> 
> 
> 
> As usual, QIKCOM-1 is not intended for UNATTENDED BEACONS.  It is designed
> for Live Operations and experiments only.
> 
> For the initial passes, do not attempt 2-way contacts.  Just set your
> STATUS text to indicate your TX power and antenna type and transmit at 1m
> intervals ATTENDED  as described on the web page during these first few
> orbits. So we can get sttistices on uplink quality.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
> Student Satellite Mentor
> 
> US Naval Academy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 23, 2017 4:53 PM
> *To:* 'AMSAT-BB'
> *Cc:* Robert Bruninga
> *Subject:* APRS Satellite Update (PSAT digi OFF, and QIKCOM-1 this Friday)
> 
> 
> 
> PSAT has entered safe mode with the digipeater OFF.  It will show the
> PSAT-1 callsign until sun angles improve..
> 
> 
> 
> QIKCOM-1 might deploy from the ISS this coming Friday.  It will simply
> digipeat just like the ISS using the same ARISS alias as the ISS
> digipeater.  It will be 10 dB stronger than PSAT and about the same power
> level as ISS and should be easy to receive.  All are on the 145.825
> downlink.  It should also digipeat on its own callsign QIKCOM-1 if you want
> to hit it specifically.
> 
> 
> 
> We ask all potential IGates to check your ground stations and make sure
> they are ready to IGate packets during those initial orbits from all over
> the globe.  If you do not have an IGate, just capture packets and hold them
> until we see if any are missing from the APRS-IS.  Downlinks should be
> available on the original http://pcsat.findu.com and also on
> http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html
> 
> 
> 
> QIKCOM-1 being released from ISS will of course have the same tracking info
> as ISS until they begin to separate.
> 
> 
> 
> http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html
> 
> 
> 
> As usual, QIKCOM-1 is not intended for UNATTENDED BEACONS.  It is designed
> for Live Operations and experiments only.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
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