are attempts still in the works for restoring pcsat ? Just came over and seen echo s from "command-1 " A couple other calls as well .
Jerry WB5LHD
are attempts still in the works for restoring pcsat ? Just came over and seen echo s from "command-1 " A couple other calls as
well .
Yes, I got in and got control, and that freed up power, but almost immediately several stations hit it with digipeats before I got the digi turned off. So it crashed on the next eclipse.
Im going to try real hard to remember to try again on Friday.
Bob, WB4aPR
Hi Bob,
Is this something where a West Coast command station would be more likely to succeed, given the satellite's West-to-East orbit. Catch it while it's still over the ocean, before the mass of home station beacons come in to view? That was our "unfair advantage" in making contacts with MIR / ISS astronauts... I recall having a nice chat with John Blaha on the MIR station years ago. Caught him just as he came up over the horizon, as I was driving west down the hill on my way in to work.
Just a thought.
Greg KO6TH
From: bruninga@usna.edu To: jkboxk@wildblue.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:44:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: pc sat
are attempts still in the works for restoring pcsat ? Just came over and seen echo s from "command-1 " A couple other calls as
well .
Yes, I got in and got control, and that freed up power, but almost immediately several stations hit it with digipeats before I got the digi turned off. So it crashed on the next eclipse.
Im going to try real hard to remember to try again on Friday.
Bob, WB4aPR
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On 13/01/12 03:27, Greg D. wrote:
Hi Bob,
Is this something where a West Coast command station would be more likely to succeed, given the satellite's West-to-East orbit. Catch it while it's still over the ocean, before the mass of home station beacons come in to view? That was our "unfair advantage" in making contacts with MIR / ISS astronauts... I recall having a nice chat with John Blaha on the MIR station years ago. Caught him just as he came up over the horizon, as I was driving west down the hill on my way in to work.
Just a thought.
Greg KO6TH
Or for that matter, stations outside the US? I'm sure there are a few prepared to take a crack at it as it comes in from the north-west over the Atlantic.
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