[amsat-bb] What satellite is this ?

[Jeff Griffin]

Hi Matt. I'll be heading to my Florida home in a few days and would like to try and work you on IO-86. Only problem is when's the last time the transponder was on? I forgot about this one...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Stevens
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 10:31 PM
To: Greg D
Cc: AMSAT
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] What satellite is this ?

Basically the only regularly-active ops who can really work IO-86 from the US are myself and KO4MA. I've been on a few 1-3° passes when the repeater happened to be active while southern Florida had footprint. It has a very loud 5w downlink, and is easy to work with an HT at that elevation. I suppose it doesn't make much sense to include it in the comms satellite lists on the Amsat site, since its virtually not usable from the US however.

It definitely hasn't died, and is regularly active over Indonesia and Brazil, on a published schedule.

73,

- Matthew kk4fem

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> On Aug 10, 2017, at 22:20, Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So, interesting discovery...  IO-86 / LAPAN A2, according to their 
> Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/groups/831872960241607/) 
> appears to be in APRS mode for a few hours per day on a daily basis.  
> Presumably the satellite responds to an uplink on the same frequency 145.825.  Yes?
> 
> My question...  I searched the Amsat website, and I don't see any 
> mention of the bird.  Did it die (or was disabled) and is now back on 
> the active list?
> 
> All that said, the satellite appears to be in an equatorial orbit, and 
> I'm too far North...  {sigh}
> 
> Greg  KO6TH
> 
> 
> Andrew Rich wrote:
>> Guys
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I left my satgate running on 145.825 and snagged these packets
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What are they from ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 1:Fm YB0X-1 To APOT21 Via SGATE <UI R Pid=F0 Len=65> [11:32:31R] 
>> [+++]
>> 
>>> -4C DARK NIGHT MOMENT FOR INDONESIAN SPACE DAY AUGUST 6 th 2017
>> 
>> 
>> 1:Fm YB0X-1 To APOT21 Via SGATE <UI R Pid=F0 Len=65> [11:36:11R] 
>> [+++]
>> 
>>> -4C DARK NIGHT MOMENT FOR INDONESIAN SPACE DAY AUGUST 6 th 2017
>> 
>> 
>> Andrew