PCSAT has re-entered eclipses and so we end this month's Satellite Simulated Emergency Test. We received 31 reports of AMSAT users sending their SSET Email and receiving it. Sorry I did not have time to QSL each report.
PCSAT-1 was fully operational from 8 to about 23 Feb 2008 during full sun oribts. During this time, the packet system on ARISS was not available due to Space Shuttle Operations. But today, I did hear an RS0ISS-4 pass with active packets. SO anyone can still get their practice in with sending their SSET messages at any time via any of the PCSAT, ARISS, or GO-32 birds are in view.
See: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/sset.html
PCSAT does work for a few lucky packets during mid-day passes. But the next full sun operating period probably will not work until the Fall. Next Month's test will concentrate on sending Emails via GO-32. (Anyone with a D7 HT or D700 mobile radio can do this from their front panel.).
Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bruninga Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT-1 Full operations and SSET
PCSAT-1 has fully recoverd and is available for normal contacts on 145.825. See the downlink on
And we encourage everyone with a D7 or D700 (or other packet station) to go out and send yourself an Email via any of the birds, PCSAT-1, ARISS, GO-32, or even ECHO. (though we may not have enough IGates always monitiring the GO-32 or ECHO
downlinks).
By participating in this Satellite Simulated Emergency Test, you are not only showing our AMSAT interest in supporting EMCON, but you are also refreshing your skills at being able to use just a simple ARPS radio to get an emergency message out of anywhere at any time (when one of these satellites
comes over).
See: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/sset.html
PCSAT-1 may crash back to W3ADO-1. The generic digipeater path "VIA ARISS" only works when PCSAT-1 is showing. Otherwise, when it crashes back to W3ADO-1, you can only use that callsign.
The callsign PCSAT-11 is only on the 144.39 downlink over the USA. If you see it on 145.825, then the satellite has crashed and should not be used until the two systems are again isolated (since it draws twice the power and will die).
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