[amsat-bb] ISS APRS?

[Paul Stoetzer]

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:54 AM Roy Dean <royldean at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The ISS digipeater has been unreliable in the last couple of years.
>  Firstly, it is turned off whenever there is a special event happening on
> the space station (space walks, re-supplies, etc).  Secondly, the packet
> module and radio are really old, and we've been seeing erratic behavior
> from the pair (sometimes it's not on at all, sometimes it's on but weak,
> sometimes it's deaf, etc.).    There is a fancy new ARISS transceiver
> slated to go up to the station soon, and we all hope that will remedy the
> situation.   Of course, sending a few bucks to ARISS can't hurt that
> timeline.   :)
>
> Regarding the switch between the 1200 and 9600 packet sats - there is no
> easy way.   I also use a D710 and it would be nice if you could select a
> "profile" to swap in all of the path, modem speed, and duplex options - but
> to my knowledge this is not possible.   If you are connected via KISS
> serial connection, you could automate this - but I'm not sure if there are
> any software packages out there that would do that - at least without
> having to manually change all the values via individual KISS commands
> (which doesn't seem to be any better than using the built-in D710 UI).
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
>
>
> > Trying to become active on APRS/packet on the satellites using my Kenwood
> > TM-D710. A couple of questions: 1.) Anyone know why the ISS digipeater
> > hasn’t been active for the past several days? 2.) Is there any easy way to
> > switch the path and other settings between FalconSat3 and ISS/NO-84? I’d
> > love to work both, but don’t do a lot of APRS operating so switching
> > between them isn’t easy for me. Anyone else using the TM-D710 who could
> > share some tips on best operating practices?
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