The ISS digipeater has been unreliable in the last couple of years. Firstly, it is turned off whenever there is a special event happening on the space station (space walks, re-supplies, etc). Secondly, the packet module and radio are really old, and we've been seeing erratic behavior from the pair (sometimes it's not on at all, sometimes it's on but weak, sometimes it's deaf, etc.). There is a fancy new ARISS transceiver slated to go up to the station soon, and we all hope that will remedy the situation. Of course, sending a few bucks to ARISS can't hurt that timeline. :)
Regarding the switch between the 1200 and 9600 packet sats - there is no easy way. I also use a D710 and it would be nice if you could select a "profile" to swap in all of the path, modem speed, and duplex options - but to my knowledge this is not possible. If you are connected via KISS serial connection, you could automate this - but I'm not sure if there are any software packages out there that would do that - at least without having to manually change all the values via individual KISS commands (which doesn't seem to be any better than using the built-in D710 UI).
--Roy K3RLD
Trying to become active on APRS/packet on the satellites using my Kenwood TM-D710. A couple of questions: 1.) Anyone know why the ISS digipeater hasn’t been active for the past several days? 2.) Is there any easy way to switch the path and other settings between FalconSat3 and ISS/NO-84? I’d love to work both, but don’t do a lot of APRS operating so switching between them isn’t easy for me. Anyone else using the TM-D710 who could share some tips on best operating practices?
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73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:54 AM Roy Dean royldean@gmail.com wrote:
The ISS digipeater has been unreliable in the last couple of years. Firstly, it is turned off whenever there is a special event happening on the space station (space walks, re-supplies, etc). Secondly, the packet module and radio are really old, and we've been seeing erratic behavior from the pair (sometimes it's not on at all, sometimes it's on but weak, sometimes it's deaf, etc.). There is a fancy new ARISS transceiver slated to go up to the station soon, and we all hope that will remedy the situation. Of course, sending a few bucks to ARISS can't hurt that timeline. :)
Regarding the switch between the 1200 and 9600 packet sats - there is no easy way. I also use a D710 and it would be nice if you could select a "profile" to swap in all of the path, modem speed, and duplex options - but to my knowledge this is not possible. If you are connected via KISS serial connection, you could automate this - but I'm not sure if there are any software packages out there that would do that - at least without having to manually change all the values via individual KISS commands (which doesn't seem to be any better than using the built-in D710 UI).
--Roy K3RLD
Trying to become active on APRS/packet on the satellites using my Kenwood TM-D710. A couple of questions: 1.) Anyone know why the ISS digipeater hasn’t been active for the past several days? 2.) Is there any easy way to switch the path and other settings between FalconSat3 and ISS/NO-84? I’d love to work both, but don’t do a lot of APRS operating so switching between them isn’t easy for me. Anyone else using the TM-D710 who could share some tips on best operating practices?
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