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

Robert Bruninga bruninga at usna.edu
Fri Apr 22 22:35:49 UTC 2016


> My first time listening on 145.825, I was surprised
> to hear a lot of beaconing traffic that was NOT when the ISS was supposed
> to be overhead.

Rememeber that PCSAT, and PSAT are also on that frequency and perform the
same functions.  So that totals to about 18 passes a day of activity (PCSAT
only works in the day)

Bob

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 3:27 PM, John Becker <w0jab at big-river.net> wrote:

> need to say it more often and much louder.
>
> On 4/22/2016 3:17 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>
>> * For non-moving travelers and unattended data sources, we recommend
>> one packet every 5 minutes.


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