[amsat-bb] working packet sats

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Brad,

Compared to the ISS and even FalconSat-3, NO-84's digipeater is
a weaker signal. It transmits on 145.825 MHz at only 350mw:

http://aprs.org/psat.html

NO-84 can be tough to hear, and sometimes packets you can hear
won't be decoded by radios/TNCs/software. With either of my Kenwood
HTs (TH-D72, TH-D74) and Elk log periodic, I can adjust my antenna
so I can do a good job working those passes. It worked well during
Field Day, as long as I paid attention to the orientation of my
antenna (a bit of twisting initially, then no problems for the rest
of those passes).

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Mr B r a d via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>  I have played with no-84 psat digi , i seem to hit it sometimes but
> really hard to hear it.
> and NEVER decode my packets repeated...seems like it digi's  so fast i
> dont recover fast enough to hear them,,, perhaps ssb 2m preamp relay delay
> is a factor?
> do i need to hard wire the preamp relay to the rig ( ts2000) to over this
> delay ?thxbrad ko6kL
>