Word on the street is that the digipeater is indeed switched on, but is just not working. I have not yet had an opportunity to set up and listen for it to see if it's off completely, or if the packets are just so bad as to be un-decodable by any software.
I can tell you that prior to being shut off the last time, the packets - while decodable - were drifting in frequency pretty noticeably. There was a serious "slant" in the packets when viewed on a waterfall - and this was most definitely NOT due to doppler. Yet my Kenwood and Direwolf had no problems decoding them. I'm wondering if the digi is in fact beaconing and digipeating, but the packets are just so bad now that nothing can decode them?
Interested to see if anybody has noticed anything at all (even if it was pure silence)? Plenty of "not heard" reports on the Amsat status page - I assume those were more than just "nothing showed up on my satgate report and/or ariss.net".
-Roy K3RLD
No APRS through ISS for 21 days. Anybody have any hints as to when it will be back up and running? Steve AI9IN