[amsat-bb] Re: [OZAPRS] My first Posit via PCSAT for a long time

[christ van der weide]

Hi Mike

pskmail option for you ?
aprs and email look

http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/

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APRS?

Yes, APRS POSIT update via PSKmail is only 1 click away (use the POS. 
button).

The only thing you have to do is input your local position (latitude, 
longitude) into the 'options' form and click the POS. button. The 
position will be updated via posit at fundu.com


Mike Zwingl oe3mzc schreef:
> Robert,
> I will be travelling V51 NAMBIA during June, JULY, AUGUST and want to know 
> if it would make sense to use any of the PACSATs for APRS out in the bush, 
> like I did with ISS in West Australia last year?
> First question would be: Is there a reliable PACTSAT in Orbit at that time?
> Second: do you know about an SATGATE in this area?
> Otherwise I would need to go back to HF-APRS, preferably ROBUST-PACKET Mode.
> hw?
> tnx info
> de Mike
> oe3mzc / vk3fpf
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>
> To: "'VK / ZL APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:28 AM
> Subject: [OZAPRS] My first Posit via PCSAT for a long time
>
>
>   
>> Yes, PCSAT-1 is working great.  I was driving through Tennessee
>> on Friday, and saw a PCSAT-11 packet on the normal North
>> Americal 144.39 frequency and so I quickly QSY'ed to 145.825 and
>> in my mobile with a magmount, my D700 radio captured 12 stations
>> via PCSAT-1 and 10 messages/bulletins to the radio front panel.
>>
>> PCSAT-1 has a 1 minute beacon on 144.39 over North America so
>> that people in low-QRM areas might see when PCSAT is in view for
>> just this purpose.  There is no 144.39 uplink, of course, since
>> all the satellite would hear is 10,000 jammed packets in space.
>> Later, I just left my radio on overnight on 145.825 and captured
>> similarly a dozen stations.  (Be sure to set your RANGE limit
>> back to 0, or the D700 will ignore all packets coming from too
>> far away...)...  De WB4APR, Bob
>>
>>