[aprssig] West Coast ISS Igates on 145.825?

[Dave Baxter]

Hi...

Not using RF then Bob?   And, wasnt there an announcement some days ago,
that due to workload or something, Amateur workings from the ISS would
be somewhat reduced for a while?...   Cant' put my finger on it though..

73.

Dave G0WBX


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] 
> Sent: 18 February 2009 13:18
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Subject: [aprssig] West Coast ISS Igates on 145.825?
> 
> What happened to the West Coast ISS Igates?
> 
> The other day I was doing a demo for my class and the ISS was 
> approaching the West Coast for one of those symetric passes 
> over the northern USA and Canada.  I told my students to 
> watch the map and the packets from the APRS-IS (internet 
> System) on www.ariss.net as the ISS came in view of CA, OR and WA.
> 
> The ISS came right over the west coast, not a single packet 
> appeared on the APRS-IS until the ISS was over the Great 
> Lakes and an IGate in the Northeast started gating.
> 
> Admittedly, it would have been a low horizon pass for LA and 
> San Diego, but any other IGate all the way up to Seattle 
> should have received it.  So I wonder are we dependent on 
> only one IGate in the whole western USA and it was down that day?
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
> 
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