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

[Mark L. Hammond]

Great. Yes less PBBS means better Digi.
I am convinced the attitude of FS-3 varies, and it matters.   Elevation
alone sometimes isn’t enough!

Mark N8MH

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:38 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>  The pass I just got on had a much more sedate downlink, with a
> roughly-estimated average of about one PFS3-1 or PFS3-11 undecoded packet
> about every 4 seconds or so over the course of the pass. Despite seeing a
> bunch of beacon and message traffic by WD9EWK and KB6LTY and completing a
> QSO with WD9EWK, I was able to get that My Message indication for the first
> time in quite a while, and see my beacons and messages get sent with no
> more than a second or two delay.  A huge change from the past couple of
> days, with no change in my configuration.
>
> I can certainly report FS-3 was Blue for this pass. Thanks for the QSO,
> Patrick! It seemed like you got a steady stream of traffic on AO-91 just
> before, enough that I couldn't get through myself, which is my typical
> experience on the FM birds during daylight hours.
>
> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>
>     On Friday, June 1, 2018, 12:31:01 PM PDT, Patrick STODDARD
> (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
>
>  John,
>
> Normally, working FalconSat-3 should be the same as any
> other orbiting digipeater, where you would see a "My
> Message" or "My Position" notification on your HT's screen
> when you are digipeated. FalconSat-3 sends down so much
> data, that it is possible your HT misses the digipeated
> packet, or it received it with a series of other packets
> so fast you miss the on-screen notification. That's why
> I find myself checking the listing of stations heard and
> message listings during a FalconSat-3 pass, in case I
> missed something.
>
>
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]