Email via The ISS Was: What Happened to the PacSats?
Short emails are posible trough iss http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are enough monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at places but even there, there should be posibileties.
73 Andre PE1RDW
I had a low pass right now and I did not get a repeat of what I sent up. I am beaconing:
KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS: <UI>: :EMAIL :[email protected] This is a test of ISS mail.
This did not echo back, but this is what I did decode:
ISS Crew Keyboard. Crew may not be available. For BBS/PMS use RS0ISS-11
RS0ISS-4>N7HQB: <<UA>>: and three more very similar lines.
Should I be using RS0ISS for the via? Has the call sign changed?
Thanks, Chris Maness KQ6UP
KQ6UP>BEACON,ARISS: <UI>: :EMAIL :[email protected] > > This is a test of ISS mail.
That is a good APRS email packet. But the3 next lines indicate that you were CONNECTING to RS0ISS and not remaining in UI mode. If y ou are connected, then you get the "crew not available" text, and you will not be able to see any digipeates for your APRS beacon while you are connected.
APRS and the ISS digipeater have nothing to do with connections. CONNECTIONS to or via satellties are VERY inefficient and should never be used (normally).
Bob, Wb4APR
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