Thanks Roger, but I'm not transmitting at present. I only have the receive side set up. I thought I'd try to work the bugs out on that side first. While I have operated voice on the LEO's and terrestrial packet before APRS, I'm completely new to digital on sats or the ISS so I don't want to to TX until I know exactly what I'm doing. I'd hate to cause inteference to anyone else while experimenting. I just don't understand why I have completely stopped even hearing packets, much less decoding them. My radio setup seems to be fine, I have no problems copying repeaters. There is not much local terrestrial packet activity I can find out here where I live in the "boonies" to experiment with either. I'll keep at it though, everyone has given me a lot of help and ideas. on things to check. Tnx and 73, Michael, W4HIJ Roger Kolakowski wrote:
Michael...
Another "telling" sign is that you are not showing up in the APRS "system" where, if you were transmitting a packet in the proper form and it was reaching the ISS or ANDE for that matter, you would show up here even if you couldn't hear anything:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?W4HIJ
At the top of that page would be a copy of your packet along with time received. The information stays here much longer than it stays on the ISS pages cited.
I agree with Ken that you should insure that you are fine terrestrially, before you throw in another variable such as a moving, high use satellite.
Roger WA1KAT