[AMSAT-BB] Falconst-3 Question

All:

I was wondering how Falconsat-3 prioritizes APRS vs. BBS traffic? It seems as though APRS might take a backseat to BBS traffic due to the high volume of stations accessing the BBS. That assumes that the system can't handle more than one process at a time or that the BBS is given higher priority.

Ground station transmissions are relatively short at 9600 baud so I don't believe packet collisions are keeping APRS traffic from getting through. I have no problem accessing the BBS, but APRS access seems restricted even when the beacon set to 30 second intervals.

Any thoughts?

Tony -K2MO