[amsat-bb] ISS Unattended Beacon Theory (UBT) - PROVE ME WRONG!

[Pedro Dutra Sousa]

My beacon is set to 30 minutes, but the station is 24/7 as a satgate.

Pedro 

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> On 19 Apr 2016, at 12:42, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> Constant beaconing is such a waste of a good resource. Some people are
> clearly just beaconing 24/7/365 on 145.825 MHz.
> 
> I know this problem has existed ever since the ISS digipeater was
> turned on 15+ years ago and complaining on the BB isn't likely to
> solve it, but it's just mind boggling why people bother with such a
> useless endeavor. Use the digipeater either for live
> keyboard-to-keyboard QSOs or neat experiments like sending an email
> via the ISS or controlling robots. 24/7/365 beaconing just makes it
> tough to use the digipeater for useful purposes.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Pedro via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> Clayton,
>> 
>> Over Europe I've only seen twice a true QSO using ISS digipeater in the past
>> 2 years.
>> Otherwise just people with unattended beacons.
>> 
>> 73 Pedro CU2ZG
>> 
>> Quoting Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx at gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> I worked an ISS pass earlier tonight on packet.  I copied 18 stations
>>> digipeated via the ISS. However, only one of them responded to any
>>> kind of live, keyboard-to-keyboard action.  The other stations seemed
>>> very dedicated to letting the world know their name and city every 1-2
>>> minutes.
>>> 
>>> Surely my theory that 80% of the stations are unattended beacons, pass
>>> after pass, must be wrong.
>>> 
>>> Please, prove me wrong at 0200Z 19-April, and show me that people have
>>> two-way QSO's and not just beacon their name and city continuously for
>>> 24 hours.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Clayton
>>> W5PFG
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