[amsat-bb] ISS reception

[k6vug at sbcglobal.net]

 Looking at the launch schedule of BIRD-BT, I must have caught a random packet while it was  being deployed/tested.  Both ISS and Bhutan-1 digi's seem to be turned off, couldn't hear either this morning.  Will continue to listen...  
 
BTW, it was exciting to realize that when BIRD-BT was launched from the ISS they were close by and probably will remain near each other for some more time.  Space is amazing ! 
 
73,  
Umesh, k6vug 
 
 
 
 
    On Sunday, February 10, 2019, 6:53:44 PM PST, Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Bird-BT, Bird-PH, & Bird-MY were hoped to have 1200 baud digipeaters on
145.825, but since deployment they have only beaconed and at least so far
have not responded to uplinks addressed to any of the addresses you listed
nor anything else that's been tried.

-Scott,  K4KDR


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On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:22 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Umesh,
>
> The answer to your question is "yes".  Both Bhutan-1 and ISS - and other
> satellites as well - apparently use 145.825 as the global space
> frequency for APRS.  So they both passed by your station at about the
> same time, and you received signals from each.  They appear to be in
> very similar orbits at the present time.
>
> BUT according to your log I notice that Bhutan-1 is responding to
> Wide1-1, not ARISS / RS0ISS / et al...  Did I read this correctly?
> Anybody know if it also responds to the other call signs?
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> k6vug at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > ISS Pass: NW to SE, about 15% degree max elevation, on Feb 10 2019,
> 00:25 UTC in CM97an Fremont California,
> > However, I'm not sure how BHUTAN-1 CUBESAT appears in this set.  Did
> both ISS and Bhutan-1 CubeSat passed around the same AOS and used the same
> frequency ?!
>
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