On 12/24/2020 12:19 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:

If you have never tried connecting to a spacecraft in orbit and uploading data, then you are missing out.

Couldn't agree more Chris. Thanks for the update!

Tony -K2MO

On 12/24/2020 12:19 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:

I have made some updates to the Pacsat Ground station.  This version

• Improves the performance of the core decode loop so that a large

directory does not cause sync issues

• Implements an archive solution for large directories
• Decodes the AL and BL files.  Just click on the downloaded file and

see the decoded contents

• Keeps the log file scrolled to end (if you want that)
• Allows arbitrary bytes to be sent to the TNC at startup, in case you

had trouble getting the TNC into KISS mode

• Contains bug fixes for decompressed file handling.  It should now be

very reliable and used whenever uploading files, unless they are very small.

• Fixes a bug where the OLD and NEW dates were not set correctly for

multi-part PFHs, causing repeated DIR requests

You can download it from here: https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/ https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/

If you have never tried connecting to a spacecraft in orbit and uploading data, then you are missing out.  Now is a good time to try. Feel free to reach out if you need help.

Happy holidays all and 73 Chris G0KLA / AC2CZ

-- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson@gmail.com mailto:chrisethompson@gmail.com g0kla@arrl.net mailto:g0kla@arrl.net

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