I have tried two different radios, an Icom IC-2820h and a Kenwood TM-V71A. No luck with the Icom at full power on a high elevation pass. Better luck with the Kenwood but only on higher passes and transmitting with 50w.
Other operators have been able to get their packets digipeated with Kenwood APRS-Ready HTs, so it's kind of puzzling.
I'm using a Mobilinkd TNC3. I have no problem hitting distant terrestrial digipeaters with both setups.
73 Fernando, NP4JV
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 7:37 PM walterh@k5wh.net wrote:
I definitely have to agree with you.
The signal does seem to be less than half of what it used to be, and I have yet to hit it myself. When it used to be so easy.
Not sure what has changed, but it's certainly not the same as it was before the shut down several weeks ago.
Walter/K5WH
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Frank Karnauskas Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:19 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS APRS Signal Quality?
Is it me or does the APRS signal not sound as strong as it was before and is it not hearing quite as well?
I am having a heck of a time pinging the digipeater and the signal seems to be down a bit.
Could entirely be something on my end, but I would appreciate others' opinion.
73, Frank
FRANK W. KARNAUSKAS, N1UW N1UW@GOKARNS.com
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