[amsat-bb] Standard for AMSAT status board observations of FS-3

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi Ryan!

I'm with you on how to report on the AMSAT status page. If I
don't see my packets being digipeated when using my TH-D72
or TM-D710, I mark my reports as "Downlink Only". If I see
my packets being digipeated, or I see other stations using
the digipeater, I'll go with "Uplink and Downlink Active".

As for the pass times, they gradually move earlier in the
day. I have what should be some decent passes this
afternoon, and I hope to work one or two of them from the
Prescott Hamfest in north-central Arizona later with my
TH-D72 & Elk - same setup I used last week, when I worked
you via FalconSat-3.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK




On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I've been reporting my observations on the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite
> Status page. For the FM and linear satellites, it's a no-brainer:  if I
> hear live traffic on the bird, or if I hear myself being transponded, then
> clearly "Uplink and Downlink Active" is appropriate.
>
> However, for the packet satellites, what's the criteria for reporting the
> uplink as active? The past two days, I've received continuous streams of
> non-APRS packets from FalconSat-3 on two passes, but despite manually
> sending my beacons many times on each pass, I don't get digipeated (at
> least no iGate seems to be picking up the traffic) and I don't receive any
> APRS packets from anyone else.
>   My TH-D72A is properly configured per Patrick WD9EWK's excellent
> tutorial, and I've made QSOs earlier in the week with the radio in the same
> configuration it's in now. The only difference seems to be that I'm working
> FS-3 much earlier in the day, on a weekday, than I have in the past. I'm
> just using a TH-D72A, so for all I know, a dozen ops are having a grand ol'
> time on the BBS.
>
> I've been reporting these passes as "Downlink Only." Is that appropriate?
> I seem to be the only one this week who reported FalconSat-3 as anything
> but open for business. I'm planning to try one or more passes later today.
>
>
> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>