Would it be possible to allow some other responsible person, perhaps on an other continent, to command it ?
Yes, I have some very goood volunteers in HI, JP, NZ, AU that do try also. But only the hawaii station has no QRM, but unfortunately he also can only use a hand held ARROW antenna on the side of the road, (or through his roof if it is raining) and so he has not been very successful.
There are not many OSCAR sattellite class stations on Hawaii since there is no one to talk to..
BUT, I just did a magnetic pole map of the world and realize that even though the -Z panel points down in the southern hemisphere, there is a possiblity over New Zealand. I think one of our volunteers may give it a try tonight.
See the new plots on the www.aprs.org/pcsat.html web page.
Bob, WB4APR
73, Dave. G1OCN AMSAT UK 5766 Portland. Dorset. IO80SM
-----Original Message----- From Robert Bruninga Sent: 12 December 2008 14:56 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT Recovery status
PCSAT Recovery Status:
Still no joy on recovery. Still too many unattended stations overloading the bird while we are trying to command it.
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