PCSAT Recovery Status:
Still no joy on recovery. Still too many unattended stations overloading the bird while we are trying to command it.
I get command on the first ascending pass each day (PCSAT over atlantic, out of view of most USA). But next passes are impossible. Today, I plotted packet-attempts-by-PCSAT (noise bursts by ear) and noticed an astonishing 3 times heavier load over the USA compared to over the atlantic. Of these dozens of packet attempts, only 2 decoded.
But now that I can tell by ear the huge difference in attempted packets by PCSAT when it is over the USA, I can see why we are having problems. And the sun angle gets worse every day for a chance at recovery.
So don't hold your breath this operating period. Have fun on ISS, its working great! And if you have an unattended beacon via W3ADO-1, please turn it off. Thanks
Bob, Wb4APR