[amsat-bb] APRS Satellites (QIKCOM-1 a GO for this Friday AM)

Fri Oct 27 05:35:26 UTC 2017

A new link has been added 

http://www.tech-software.net/satreporter/index.html

Here you can see traffic and a dashboard 

Andrew VK4TEC

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Bruninga
Sent: Friday, 27 October 2017 6:01 AM
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS Satellites (QIKCOM-1 a GO for this Friday AM)

QIKCOM-1 should deploy from the ISS Friday at 0920 UTC or so attached to the
SIMPL spacecraft.  It is an APRS digipeater just like the ISS and also
supports the same ARISS alias as the ISS digipeater.  Or you can be specific
via QIKCOM-1 callsign.  At 4 Watts, it will be 10 dB stronger than
PSAT(84) and about the same power level as ISS and should be easy to receive
on the 145.825 downlink.

We ask all potential IGates to check your ground stations and make sure they
are ready to IGate packets during those initial orbits from all over the
globe.  If you do not have an IGate, just capture packets and email them to
qikcom1 at gmail.com until we see that everything is making it to the APRS-IS.

The downlink should be available on the original http://pcsat.findu.com and
also on http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html

Being released from ISS, QIKCOM-1 will of course have the same Elements and
tracking info as ISS until they begin to separate.  This means passes over
the USA every 90 minutes beginning at 0630 EDT in the Southeast and ending
after 1440 PDT in Southern California.

Web page:  http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html

As usual, QIKCOM-1 is not intended for UNATTENDED BEACONS.  It is designed
for Live Operations and experiments only.

For the initial passes, do not attempt 2-way contacts.  Just set your STATUS
text to indicate your TX power and antenna type and transmit at 1m intervals
ATTENDED  as described on the web page during these first few orbits. So we
can get sttistices on uplink quality.

Bob, WB4APR

Student Satellite Mentor

US Naval Academy

*From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu]
*Sent:* Monday, October 23, 2017 4:53 PM
*To:* 'AMSAT-BB'
*Cc:* Robert Bruninga
*Subject:* APRS Satellite Update (PSAT digi OFF, and QIKCOM-1 this Friday)

PSAT has entered safe mode with the digipeater OFF.  It will show the
PSAT-1 callsign until sun angles improve..

QIKCOM-1 might deploy from the ISS this coming Friday.  It will simply
digipeat just like the ISS using the same ARISS alias as the ISS digipeater.
It will be 10 dB stronger than PSAT and about the same power level as ISS
and should be easy to receive.  All are on the 145.825 downlink.  It should
also digipeat on its own callsign QIKCOM-1 if you want to hit it
specifically.

We ask all potential IGates to check your ground stations and make sure they
are ready to IGate packets during those initial orbits from all over the
globe.  If you do not have an IGate, just capture packets and hold them
until we see if any are missing from the APRS-IS.  Downlinks should be
available on the original http://pcsat.findu.com and also on
http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html

QIKCOM-1 being released from ISS will of course have the same tracking info
as ISS until they begin to separate.

http://aprs.org/qikcom-1.html

As usual, QIKCOM-1 is not intended for UNATTENDED BEACONS.  It is designed
for Live Operations and experiments only.

Bob, WB4APR
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