[aprssig] APRS Satellite Status

[Earl Needham]

At 07:56 AM 9/22/2007, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>FOlks, If you travel anywhere in the remote world, take your APRS 
>with you.  You won't be outta touch...
>
> > Status of APRS satellites:
> >
> > http://pcsat.aprs.org   ANDE - yes.
> > http://www.ariss.net  ISS - yes
> > GO-32 - yes.  Downlink now  has APRS bulletins
> > ECHO - not at this time.
> >
> > PCSAT-1 - did not recover this time.
> > Next full sun period is first week
> > of November when she should recover.
>
>but only GO-32 now is dependable and it takes 9600 baud, so only the 
>D7 and D700's are viable...

         Well -- those AND a laptop running AGWPE via the sound card.

         7 3
         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
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