[amsat-bb] APRS Satellite PATHs

[Ryan Noguchi]

 I admit I am not very familiar with the packet format, but that feed seems to identify the satellite that digipeated (or originated) each packet. Yesterday, Christy KB6LTY and I exchanged messages on AISAT, which can be seen in that packet stream, even though I used only the path ARISS. And KE4AZZ had packets digipeated by PSAT2. What am I missing?

73, Ryan AI6DO



    On Monday, July 15, 2019, 1:31:37 PM PDT, KE6BLR Robert <ke6blr.robert at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Just a thought -- one of the benefits of using the actual call sign (RS0ISS, PSAT, PSAT2) rather than ARISS or APRSAT is for the record.
For example, I am calculating the Az/El of each contact based on the digipeated (PSAT*) path. When the digipeated path is ARISS or APRSAT there is no good way to clarify which satellite participated in the packet.
http://www.spacecommunicator.club/igates/ 

See the Az/El columns for PSAT; I plan to add Az/El for others sometime soon.

As a consumer of the data, I prefer seeing the individual call sign. As the user of the radio, I can see how using APRSAT for everything is more convenient.
73