[amsat-bb] IO-86 added to APRS satellite page

[Paul Stoetzer]

Bob,

Possibly because IO-86 operates on a schedule and the digipeater is only on
for certain periods.

The team just posted the latest weekly schedule at
https://twitter.com/lapansat/status/1170807973272158208?s=21

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 17:35 Robert Bruninga via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Since I also added a telemetry counter, it looks like (IO-86) Resets the
> telemetry counter about every 20 minuites or so and then has big gaps up to
> 12 hours or so.  Since an equatorial orbit should have maybe a 65 minutes
> in
> the sun and 35 minutes in eclipse, does this mean it takes almost 40
> minutes
> in the sun on each orbit to have enough power to transmit, and then only
> lasts until the next eclipse?
>
> Or is there a better explasnation?
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2019 5:26 PM
> To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Cc: Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>; Robert Bruninga
> <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Subject: IO-86 added to APRS satellite page
>
> I just added IO-86 to my APRS Satellite page:  http://aprs.org/sats.html
> Its
> telemetry is in standard APRS format and users should also show up on the
> user link page on FINDU.
> With a 5W output this should be the strongest APRS satellite on 145.825
> MHz.
> Did I get all the links right?
>
> But you have to be below 30 deg latitude to ever be in the footprint.  But
> if you were on the equatior you would get 14 passes a day every 110 minutes
> all day long!!
>
> Are there any other APRS digipeating satellites that I have overlooked?
>
> It looks like a standard APRS digipeater, but I don’t see the usual generic
> ARISS or APRSAT digipeat aliases... So I guess this means you have to user
> the YB0X-1 callsign to digipeat?
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
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