The Diwata-2 FM satellite is apparently on, sometimes. Are they enabling it for just specific passes or single orbits at a time, or will it be usable from the USA? https://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1111496822004973568
More FM sats to use can't be a bad thing.
Dave AD7DB
These are test operations only. General availability (whether continuous operation or by schedule) will apparently be announced in the near future.
The times in UTC listed in the linked table are when the repeater is enabled. It is scheduled to be active for the pass over much of US around 18:56 UTC today as well as the pass around 05:45 UTC tonight.
Unfortunately, the activations this weekend are only good for the east coast and midwest.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:11 AM David Bartholomew dgbartholomew@gmail.com wrote:
The Diwata-2 FM satellite is apparently on, sometimes. Are they enabling it for just specific passes or single orbits at a time, or will it be usable from the USA? https://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1111496822004973568
More FM sats to use can't be a bad thing.
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Thanks for the info.
73, Dave.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 8:17 AM Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
These are test operations only. General availability (whether continuous operation or by schedule) will apparently be announced in the near future.
The times in UTC listed in the linked table are when the repeater is enabled. It is scheduled to be active for the pass over much of US around 18:56 UTC today as well as the pass around 05:45 UTC tonight.
Unfortunately, the activations this weekend are only good for the east coast and midwest.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:11 AM David Bartholomew dgbartholomew@gmail.com wrote:
The Diwata-2 FM satellite is apparently on, sometimes. Are they enabling
it
for just specific passes or single orbits at a time, or will it be usable from the USA? https://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1111496822004973568
More FM sats to use can't be a bad thing.
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Hi Dave!
It was certainly on during that first 29-Mar 05:17-06:07 UTC window last night:
https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1111509254664581121
... and sounded pretty good. I did notice that it wasn't very tolerant of getting too far off freq (doppler) on the uplink and also needed a bit more elevation than some of the other FM satellites. So, be prepared for some drop-outs if you're not strong on the uplink. But, VE2HEW & I were able to chat normally during the highest part of the pass.
Other than the schedule you linked to, I don't know when or if it'll be on over the U.S. going forward.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:13 AM David Bartholomew dgbartholomew@gmail.com wrote:
The Diwata-2 FM satellite is apparently on, sometimes. Are they enabling it for just specific passes or single orbits at a time, or will it be usable from the USA? https://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1111496822004973568
More FM sats to use can't be a bad thing.
Dave AD7DB
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