GO-32 is still just transmitting periodic beacons that look like they might be from the bootloader. Anyone have contact with the command stations?
73, Drew KO4MA
Drew -- Do we know who are the command stations? A year or so back I was trying to find someone to answer a question I had about the GO-32 bird -- I had hunted down the following -- but I never got any confirmation that they where correct.
Wally Carter K4OGT Control Operator KE4ZXW 4X6EM / 4Z7DFC Techsat's Ground Control Station http://www.technion.ac.il/ASRI
At 06:55 PM 12/2/2008, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
GO-32 is still just transmitting periodic beacons that look like they might be from the bootloader. Anyone have contact with the command stations?
73, Drew KO4MA
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GO-32 appears to go down with some regularity, however, I get the impression that once the TechSat team know about it they do the reboot within a few days. GO-32 has been down for about 3 weeks now.
I checked http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1 and PCSAT and AO-51 are the only birds capturing APRS so I assume the 2 APRS channels on GO-32 are also down.
So, a liaison with the TechSat team would be good to have - a SPOC - single point of contact on behalf of the BBS and APRS users. Perhaps Bob " Mr. APRS " as his APRS experiment on GO-32 is more relevant than the small number and occasional BB users such as me who do all those "Hi" and "Test" messages.
The downside of the reboot is that it cleans out the directory on the BB. As a result the BB is not used for anything really important like the days of KO-25 because you expect it to have a stroke every 2 or 3 months. My experience is that the impending failure flags itself several days in advance with about the same symptoms each time. First a couple of directory entries are skipped or appear out of numerical sequence. A few days later you can upload a message but not retrieve directory lists. A few days later nothing but the carrier/no data beacon about every 2 minutes.
The upside is that when GO-32 goes down it forces me to explore other digital satellites.
73, Alan VE4YZ EN19kw AMSAT LM 2352
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Semple Sent: December 2, 2008 7:51 PM To: Andrew Glasbrenner; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GO-32 still down
Drew -- Do we know who are the command stations? A year or so back I was trying to find someone to answer a question I had about the GO-32 bird -- I had hunted down the following -- but I never got any confirmation that they where correct.
Wally Carter K4OGT Control Operator KE4ZXW 4X6EM / 4Z7DFC Techsat's Ground Control Station http://www.technion.ac.il/ASRI
At 06:55 PM 12/2/2008, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
GO-32 is still just transmitting periodic beacons that look
like they
might be from the bootloader. Anyone have contact with the
command stations?
73, Drew KO4MA
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I sent an email to the address I had, but I'm sure they are aware of it. Let's hope they get her running again soon.
73, Drew
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Semple" brucesemple@verizon.net To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" glasbrenner@mindspring.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] GO-32 still down
Drew -- Do we know who are the command stations? A year or so back I was trying to find someone to answer a question I had about the GO-32 bird -- I had hunted down the following -- but I never got any confirmation that they where correct.
Wally Carter K4OGT Control Operator KE4ZXW 4X6EM / 4Z7DFC Techsat's Ground Control Station http://www.technion.ac.il/ASRI
At 06:55 PM 12/2/2008, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
GO-32 is still just transmitting periodic beacons that look like they might be from the bootloader. Anyone have contact with the command stations?
73, Drew KO4MA
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