[amsat-bb] Reply to WD9EWK question ref. FalconSat-3 on Field Day

[Scott]

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Unfortunately, FalconSat-3's passes didn't line up
with my time in northern Arizona. I wonder if anyone made
QSOs through that digipeater.

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK

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Patrick's question above is from another thread that got long, so I thought
I'd reply as a new message since this is a specific topic.

I don't know if there were any true 2-way APRS exchanges on FS-3 during
Field Day, but I did download an FD-related BBS message from KB6LTY and on
the following pass, my reply to her was uploaded to the satellite.  That's
not a QSO, but just wanted to mention it since not everyone sees the
postings on FS-3's BBS.

Can't post an image with this message, but here's a link if anyone would
like to see what a BBS message on FS-3 looks like:

http://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//images/kb6lty-msg.png

As for regular APRS packets, I wasn't awake when W4LHS (COASTAL AMATEUR
RADIO SOCIETY, Savannah, GA) was active via FS-3's packet digipeater, but
my K4KDR-15 iGate heard them being digipeated.  So, their APRS traffic was
relayed to aprs.fi.

Here is a link to a screen shot of those packets:

http://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//images/w4lhs-1--igate.png

So, it was nice to see at least some Field Day traffic relayed through
FalconSat-3.

73!

-Scott,  K4KDR