BIRDS-2 Packet digipeater
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]
On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer ingejack@cox.net wrote:
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
I had inquired with the BIRDS-2 team a couple of weeks ago and their response was: "The ISS digipeater aliases (APRSAT or ARISS) will work or BIRDS2 CubeSat callsigns as well (BIRDPH, BIRDBT, BIRDMY)."
Earlier today, I submitted requests to the Heavens Above and AMSAT sites (pass predictions and OSCAR status pages) to add those three satellites to their sites. I couldn't find any contact info for the ISS Detector Android app.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, 11:43:14 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]
On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer ingejack@cox.net wrote:
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42
I just added the BIRDS to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution this week.
I still don't know which BIRD is which as far as NORAD CAT ID. ????
Ray Hoad WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager
I had inquired with the BIRDS-2 team a couple of weeks ago and their response was: "The ISS digipeater aliases (APRSAT or ARISS) will work or BIRDS2 CubeSat callsigns as well (BIRDPH, BIRDBT, BIRDMY)."
Earlier today, I submitted requests to the Heavens Above and AMSAT sites (pass predictions and OSCAR status pages) to add those three satellites to their sites. I couldn't find any contact info for the ISS Detector Android app.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, 11:43:14 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]
On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer ingejack@cox.net wrote:
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42
_______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
The BIRDS-2 project site identifies which of the three satellites goes with each TLE: http://birds2.birds-project.com/
The three birds are also each identified in the Celestrak TLE set: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, 4:31:43 PM PDT, Ray Hoad ray.hoad@mypbmail.com wrote:
I just added the BIRDS to the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution this week.
I still don't know which BIRD is which as far as NORAD CAT ID. ????
Ray Hoad WA5QGD AMSAT-NA Orbital Elements Manager
I had inquired with the BIRDS-2 team a couple of weeks ago and their response was: "The ISS digipeater aliases (APRSAT or ARISS) will work or BIRDS2 CubeSat callsigns as well (BIRDPH, BIRDBT, BIRDMY)."
Earlier today, I submitted requests to the Heavens Above and AMSAT sites (pass predictions and OSCAR status pages) to add those three satellites to their sites. I couldn't find any contact info for the ISS Detector Android app.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, 11:43:14 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]
On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer ingejack@cox.net wrote:
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42
_______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Wondering if its just me or does it seem like the deviation is low on these sats. I can not distinguish which one I am hearing since I can not decode anything yet. I used to copy the ISS packets no problem.
BTW has anyone heard any FM voice beacons ?
Thanks Frank WA2NDV
From: Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 2:51 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BIRDS-2 Packet digipeater
I had inquired with the BIRDS-2 team a couple of weeks ago and their response was: "The ISS digipeater aliases (APRSAT or ARISS) will work or BIRDS2 CubeSat callsigns as well (BIRDPH, BIRDBT, BIRDMY)."
Earlier today, I submitted requests to the Heavens Above and AMSAT sites (pass predictions and OSCAR status pages) to add those three satellites to their sites. I couldn't find any contact info for the ISS Detector Android app.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Saturday, August 18, 2018, 11:43:14 AM PDT, Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]
On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer ingejack@cox.net wrote:
The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42
_______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Path for BHUTAN-1 is BIRDBT path for MAYA-1 and UiTMSAT is BIRDMY I don't know why these two share the same digipath. I didn't try ARISS so don't know if that will work and also it did not show when receiving the packets from these three sats.. 73 Nitin JACK KC7MG
On August 18, 2018 at 2:40 PM Nitin Muttin vu3tyg@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Thanks for sharing, what is the APRS digi path of these satellites. Does Via ARISS wor ? 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] On Saturday, 18 August, 2018, 11:56:24 PM IST, alex weimer <ingejack@cox.net> wrote: The packet digipeater beacons on all 3 Birds-2 satellites have been turned on. They were very strong the last 2 passes over the western USA. frequency is 145825 FM .. Hopefully they will turn them on for 2 way use soon. JACK KC7MG DM42 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. mailto:AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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