The pessimist in me thinks that some crazy person will figure out a way to do a 24/7 DTMF beacon.
I'm not that smart, but someone probably is.
Steve AI9IN
On 2016-06-02 11:54, Robert Bruninga wrote:
It was Qikcom-2 I was reading about... Maybe WB4APR can update us on the status of the former... http://aprs.org/qikcom-2.html
It is fully integrated and will launch on the same launcher as the two AMSAT FOX satellites no sooner than August.
Other than that, I know practically nothing since it was impossible to get a non-disclosure-agreement through the Naval Academy's bureaucracy in under a year. We developed and delieverd the flight unit long before there was any progress on the paperwork.
Got my fingers crossed. If it works, it will be the usual PSAT digipeater but will also have a DTMF uplink for Grids and Messages and a Voice downlink of same while also converting them to APRS packets too.
We will probably leave the DIGI off and leave it in DTMF and Voice mode due to so many unattended worthless beacons on the uplink that would cut into useful live human contact time...
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