PCSAT NO-44 packet Active during daylight?
Hello all,
I just got gifted a long holiday weekend and I plan to celebrate my free time by trying to make some QSOs on the ISS digipeater and I was wondering if NO-44 PCSAT was still active for AX.25 packet work during the daylight hours?
Could someone give me the scoop on its activation status and if it is active , if there is regular use of it during active times?
Thanks and at least keep a look out for me on the ISS and try to QSO if you do see my packet being sent
Sean AA0AN/EM29
Hi Sean,
NO-44 is active only in sunlight ... with a caveat that it needs a good illumination angle on its solar cells. I've been digipeated twice this week via NO-44 on ascending passes over North America. I've had better luck with NO-44 northbound up and out of the USA when it has been in sunlight long enough. The downlink is weak and sounds a bit off frequency and FMing with the strain but one or two digipeats are still attainable per pass. Watch http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi for status. It is W3ADO-1 and PCSAT-11 mixed in with all the PSAT messages on this page. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA W3ADO-1.
NO-84 PSAT is active on packet. It seems it's downlink signal and wondering perhaps it's receive sensitivity are gradually getting weaker compared with signals a week ago. The downlink packet log at http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi will show satellite digipeater status (plus any packets you get digipeated). When you see PSAT]APRSON it means the NO-84 digipeater is active. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA ARISS for NO-84.
The status of ISS packet depends on the on-board activities. It was OFF during the recent EVA. Packet seems to have been re-enabled until Tuesday's undocking manueuvers. Watch http://www.ariss.net/ to see how recently packets have been digipeated to guess it's status. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA ARISS or UNPROTO CQ VIA RS0ISS (your preference, both work).
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sean fay Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT NO-44 packet Active during daylight?
Hello all,
I just got gifted a long holiday weekend and I plan to celebrate my free time by trying to make some QSOs on the ISS digipeater and I was wondering if NO-44 PCSAT was still active for AX.25 packet work during the daylight hours?
Could someone give me the scoop on its activation status and if it is active , if there is regular use of it during active times?
Thanks and at least keep a look out for me on the ISS and try to QSO if
you
do see my packet being sent
Sean AA0AN/EM29 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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 knew it was off on the first and is supposed to be off on the 6th. It looks like theres been some activity even just a few hours ago, so I'm hoping. I have been digipeated before and I am ready to make my first QSO. I run a wouxun kg-uvd1p 5w ht and a moblinkd tnc. I have an arrow II sat handheld antenna and I use aprsdroid or aprsis/32 depending on what I want to futz with. Now that I have been digipeated on both . I am planning on using the aprsis/32 with autohotkeys to make my one handed typing a little easier. I am gonna try the NO-84 and ISS this weekend. I did not know the path was different for PCSAT NO-44 so I realllllllly appreciate it cause at least now that I know that I wont be wondering why I had NO JOY if i had my path set wrong the whole time.
Ill be AA0AN-7 so if your active and you see me. Message me please! cause I'm gearing up for my packet based WAS.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:10 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa [email protected] wrote:
Hi Sean,
NO-44 is active only in sunlight ... with a caveat that it needs a good illumination angle on its solar cells. I've been digipeated twice this week via NO-44 on ascending passes over North America. I've had better luck with NO-44 northbound up and out of the USA when it has been in sunlight long enough. The downlink is weak and sounds a bit off frequency and FMing with the strain but one or two digipeats are still attainable per pass. Watch http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi for status. It is W3ADO-1 and PCSAT-11 mixed in with all the PSAT messages on this page. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA W3ADO-1.
NO-84 PSAT is active on packet. It seems it's downlink signal and wondering perhaps it's receive sensitivity are gradually getting weaker compared with signals a week ago. The downlink packet log at http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi will show satellite digipeater status (plus any packets you get digipeated). When you see PSAT]APRSON it means the NO-84 digipeater is active. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA ARISS for NO-84.
The status of ISS packet depends on the on-board activities. It was OFF during the recent EVA. Packet seems to have been re-enabled until Tuesday's undocking manueuvers. Watch http://www.ariss.net/ to see how recently packets have been digipeated to guess it's status. Set UNPROTO CQ VIA ARISS or UNPROTO CQ VIA RS0ISS (your preference, both work).
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sean fay Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSAT NO-44 packet Active during daylight?
Hello all,
I just got gifted a long holiday weekend and I plan to celebrate my free time by trying to make some QSOs on the ISS digipeater and I was
wondering
if NO-44 PCSAT was still active for AX.25 packet work during the daylight hours?
Could someone give me the scoop on its activation status and if it is active , if there is regular use of it during active times?
Thanks and at least keep a look out for me on the ISS and try to QSO if
you
do see my packet being sent
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JoAnne,
Recently I have noticed a drift in frequency on the PSK-31 transponder of NO-84 also. It seems to be going along with the higher temperatures that have been +27 to +30 C in recent days. The voltage is also running higher than normal at 7.9x - 8.04V.
Bob KO6TZ
NO-84 PSAT is active on packet. It seems it's downlink signal and
wondering perhaps it's receive >sensitivity are gradually getting weaker compared with signals a week ago.
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
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JoAnne Maenpaa
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KO6TZ Bob
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sean fay