Hi Chuck!
Sometimes the D72 needs a little help to clear its buffers, when you are trying to transmit packets. I have a PDF file in my Dropbox space http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (look in the TH-D72A folder) addressing how to deal with seeing STA on the D72's screen without transmitting packets. I just updated that PDF with a specific mention for FalconSat-3, along with the other suggestions.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 6:08 PM Chuck Swiger via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
No big issue, just curious if anyone has experienced this.
Now that FalconSat3 is back in Eastern US in late evening before 10PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier every day as Bob pointed out, I'm trying to work aprs digipeater.
Before, following these excellent guides
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FalconSAT-Stoddar... and http://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/ I had success.
Then something happened and my TH-D72a just sits there after pressing "BCON" with "STA" on the screen waiting - I have ensured, doubled checked, both A&B if that matters, downloaded with MCP and "Ignore DCD" is the setting, but it sure acts like it is ON!
Having lots of luck decoding with direwolf, but my handset just won't transmit when signal is good :\ _______________________________________________