The NO-84 Digipeater on 145.825 Mhz is on as of 2019-02-16 22:14:55 UTC. Enjoy it while its on. The Digipeater will be on as the power budget permits I presume. http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1
73 Nick KE8AKW
What's the story about this?
Is She Dying?
I was planning on getting back active on that 10/70 cm coolness!
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/17/2019 12:44 PM, Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW wrote:
The NO-84 Digipeater on 145.825 Mhz is on as of 2019-02-16 22:14:55 UTC. Enjoy it while its on. The Digipeater will be on as the power budget permits I presume. http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1
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PSAT only has a 300 mW transmitter and so is much weaker than other similar sateliltes. And since it puts all its energy into its PSK31 Ten meter to UHF downlink transponder, it shuts off the digipeater when power is low. And that happens every month or so.
Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 1:55 PM To: Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW nicholasmahr1@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] NO-84 Digipeater Online
What's the story about this?
Is She Dying?
I was planning on getting back active on that 10/70 cm coolness!
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/17/2019 12:44 PM, Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW wrote:
The NO-84 Digipeater on 145.825 Mhz is on as of 2019-02-16 22:14:55 UTC. Enjoy it while its on. The Digipeater will be on as the power budget permits I presume. http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1
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OK was scared for a bit there was gonna try to get some locals interested.
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/17/2019 12:58 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
PSAT only has a 300 mW transmitter and so is much weaker than other similar sateliltes. And since it puts all its energy into its PSK31 Ten meter to UHF downlink transponder, it shuts off the digipeater when power is low. And that happens every month or so.
Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 1:55 PM To: Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW nicholasmahr1@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] NO-84 Digipeater Online
What's the story about this?
Is She Dying?
I was planning on getting back active on that 10/70 cm coolness!
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/17/2019 12:44 PM, Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW wrote:
The NO-84 Digipeater on 145.825 Mhz is on as of 2019-02-16 22:14:55 UTC. Enjoy it while its on. The Digipeater will be on as the power budget permits I presume. http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1
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On 02/17/19 13:00, Joe wrote:
OK was scared for a bit there was gonna try to get some locals interested.
I would think that, in general, you should always enjoy all the satellites while they last. Never know when TID or a component failure will take one of them out. Additionally, they're LEO, so atmospheric drag is slowly, but steadily, bringing them back to Earth.
"Work 'em while you can." applies in any case. :-)
--- Zach N0ZGO
Speaking of decay, DK3WN lists 2021-10-31 as the estimated decay date for NO-84.
Originally, it was expected to have a 3 year life if I remember right. It will apparently make it nearly 6.5.
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=43437
73,
Paul, N8HM
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On 02/17/19 13:00, Joe wrote:
OK was scared for a bit there was gonna try to get some locals interested.
I would think that, in general, you should always enjoy all the satellites while they last. Never know when TID or a component failure will take one of them out. Additionally, they're LEO, so atmospheric drag is slowly, but steadily, bringing them back to Earth.
"Work 'em while you can." applies in any case. :-)
--- Zach N0ZGO
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