Hi Ted!
AISAT-1 has re-started its 1-per-minute packet beacons on 145.825. However, I've only seen successful digipeats from KB6LTY.
I had a very high pass this morning and decoded several of the beacons, but could not get it to digipeat me. Here's a tweet I posted with screen shots:
https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1133400642461032450
... there may be others that have been digipeated, but unless the downlink is heard by an iGate that proxies through KE6BLR's "spacecommunicator.club" APRS gateway (where the malformed packets are repaired and forwarded on to the main APRS-IS network), you won't see the successful digipeats on FINDU.com.
So, put another way, if anyone gets digipeated successfully by AISAT-1 but doesn't see themselves on FINDU.com, it might be helpful to let others know via Twitter or the AMSAT-BB mailing list.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 8:35 PM Ted Krempa via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Hi Rick and all, any updates on this sat? Is it still functioning as a digipeater like ISS?
Tnx, Ted K7TRK
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-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of saguaroastro via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 9:59 PM To: AMSAT -BB Subject: [amsat-bb] AiSat-1 heard over Arizona
All, just had a 70° pass of AiSat-1, so I thought I'd give it a go. I heard the first packet when it was only 3° above the horizon, but no decode. I heard about 10 packets during the 10 minute pass, but none decided. I also set about that many beacons up, but none were receive by the sat.I was using my D72A into an ELK lp.What have the rest of you been using and have you had any success?73Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)Saguaro Astronomy ClubWww.saguaroastro.orgThunderbird Astronomy ClubWww.w7tbc.org