Great. Yes less PBBS means better Digi. I am convinced the attitude of FS-3 varies, and it matters. Elevation alone sometimes isn’t enough!
Mark N8MH
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:38 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
The pass I just got on had a much more sedate downlink, with a roughly-estimated average of about one PFS3-1 or PFS3-11 undecoded packet about every 4 seconds or so over the course of the pass. Despite seeing a bunch of beacon and message traffic by WD9EWK and KB6LTY and completing a QSO with WD9EWK, I was able to get that My Message indication for the first time in quite a while, and see my beacons and messages get sent with no more than a second or two delay. A huge change from the past couple of days, with no change in my configuration.
I can certainly report FS-3 was Blue for this pass. Thanks for the QSO, Patrick! It seemed like you got a steady stream of traffic on AO-91 just before, enough that I couldn't get through myself, which is my typical experience on the FM birds during daylight hours.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Friday, June 1, 2018, 12:31:01 PM PDT, Patrick STODDARD(WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net wrote:
John,
Normally, working FalconSat-3 should be the same as any other orbiting digipeater, where you would see a "My Message" or "My Position" notification on your HT's screen when you are digipeated. FalconSat-3 sends down so much data, that it is possible your HT misses the digipeated packet, or it received it with a series of other packets so fast you miss the on-screen notification. That's why I find myself checking the listing of stations heard and message listings during a FalconSat-3 pass, in case I missed something.
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