[amsat-bb] PCsat Special Store/Forward TEST

[Bob Bruninga <bruninga@xxxxxxxx>]

PCsat is still fully functional and so we can continue the "Priority"
store-and-forward test to let HT or Mobile users anywhere in the remotest
areas of the planet to report their position and status.

To do this, a wilderness traveler simply sets his TH-D7 or TMD-700 APRS
radio to select a "PRIORITY" or "SPECIAL" or "CUSTOM" flag in their
position/status packet.  Then set their beacon to once every 3  minutes on
the special travelers un-published PCsat uplink frequency.

Any special, priority, emergency, or custom position/status report will be
stored and repeated once every 3 minutes on the 144.39 downlink.  When
PCsat flies over the USA with dozens of IGates listening on 144.39, then
the network will capture it to the http://pcsat.aprs.org web page for all
to see.

If you live OUTSIDE of Europe or USA in a remote area of the world and
just happen to have an APRS HT (D7 or D700 mobile) and can participate in
this test, please let us know.

Thanks

de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob

PCsat WEB  page     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html
ISS-APRS FAQ:       http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/iss-faq.html
CUBESAT Designs     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/cubesat.html
APRS LIVE pages     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html
APRS SATELLITES     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/astars.html
MIM/Mic-E/Mic-Lite  http://ssdl.stanford.edu/mims/

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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:50:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
To: F Nel <Fnel@SUN.AC.ZA>
Cc: Johann Lochner <lochner@SUN.AC.ZA>, Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Subject: Re: PCsat Special TEST

I checked today and PCsat is still in the ABEACON mode, meaning it will
beacon down on 144.39 worldwide once evry 3 minutes a single copy of the
last three EMERGENCY, PRIORITY, SPECIAL or CUSTOM packets it receives from
a D7 or D700 kenwood APRS radio.  If you have such a radio, it would be
nice if you put it into APRS beacon mode and transmitted SPECIAL packet
once every 5 minutes for many days.  If we see it here in North America,
then the store-and-forward part of PCsat is working!

Bob

 On
Thu, 12 Dec 2002, F Nel  wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> I was on leaf for two and half days and is back at office from today
> (12/12/2002 Thursday). So if there are any tests that you like me to do
> please feel free to pop the request to me.
>
> 73 de ZR1FN, Francois
>
>
>
> Date sent:      	Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:11:05 -0500 (EST)
> From:           	Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
> To:             	Johann Lochner <lochner@sun.ac.za>
> Copies to:      	fnel@sun.ac.za
> Subject:        	Re: PCsat Special TEST
>
> Thanks!  And I missed both passes to day due to interruptinos so I dont
> have the ABEACON mode turned on yet anyway...  Maybe tomorow..
> She is
> still holding! bob
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Johann Lochner wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:16:31 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
> >
> > > If you have a spare Kenwood D7 or D700, we have a great opportunity to
> > > do a test.  I should have thought of this before. PCsat has a
> > > sotre-and-forward mechanism for wilderness travelers, even if there is
> > > no ground station in the footprint.
> >
> > If Francois can't manage earlier, I'll run a test when I return to
> > Stellenbosch after the weekend.
> >
> > 73 de ZR1CBC, Johann.
> >
>
> de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob
>
> PCsat WEB  page     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html
> ISS-APRS FAQ:       http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/iss-faq.html
> CUBESAT Designs     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/cubesat.html
> APRS LIVE pages     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html
> APRS SATELLITES     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/astars.html
> MIM/Mic-E/Mic-Lite  http://ssdl.stanford.edu/mims/
>

de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob

PCsat WEB  page     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html
ISS-APRS FAQ:       http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/iss-faq.html
CUBESAT Designs     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/cubesat.html
APRS LIVE pages     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html
APRS SATELLITES     http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/astars.html
MIM/Mic-E/Mic-Lite  http://ssdl.stanford.edu/mims/
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