5 Jun
2015
5 Jun
'15
12:28 p.m.
Just had an overhead descending pass in New England and saw PSAT was being pounded by several unattended beacons set for every couple of seconds. One was a 3 and the other a zero. ISS was also in their unproto path.
Luckily the SGATEs seem to be down so there is no positive reinforcement for the activity.
I can get acks over Canada and over the Atlantic with 10 watts to a vertical but I don't seem to decode noisy signals as well as the old days of ISS Ericksson and PCSAT.
I think I'm done for a while until the earth based ops get their stations in order.
Nice to have the APRS / UNPROTO activity though!
Roger WA1KAT