I have never actually used Falconsat for APRS except for a test a few years ago.
And have never used its BBS.  So I need you to clarify some things for me as to how it looks to an end user...
 
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.

It doesnt prioritize, it just digipeats what it hears.  How do you measure APRS success?  Presumably, getting a successful digipeat once a pass should be sufficient for remote stations "getting in" and being logged heard in the APRS-IS (I call this beacon modde)..  Of course it takes a higher success rate if one is trying to do a live APRS message contact with another operator.

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.

So what is your observed degree of "restricted"?  90%?, 50%?  10%?  per packet transmitted (for live messages)?
Or success "per pass" for :beacon mode"?  Remember, that when accessing the BBS mode, there is an automatic retry involved, whereas for APRS a missed packet is just missed.'

Any thoughts...Tony -K2MO
Bob, Wb4APR 


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