PCSAT2 heard + WB4APR's PCSat2 status update

Alvaro de Leon Romo/XE2AT reports hearing PCSat2 on the 2038 - 2045 pass with a strong signal.

Below a PCSat2 status update from it's designer Bob Bruninga WB4APR.

To find out when the ISS is in range use the Online Satellite Predictor at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/
Select Show Predictions for ISS and enter your approximate Lat and Long co-ordinates or IARU QTH Locator.

73 Trevor M5AKA

PCSAT2 activation about 2040z on 3 Aug 05

PCSAT2 EVA Safety switch was thrown at 1117z so the 8.3 hour EVA Safety timer should time out at about 1937z. The first command station will be KC8SRG in OHIO at about 1937z.

If we miss that, then N6CO gets two more tries from the West Coast, then nothing until NZ and London the next morning.

WHen activated, there will be 1200 and 9600 bd telemetry on 437.975 +/- 9 KHz of Doppler. Conventional 1200 baud APRS IGate stations are encouraged to tune over to the downlink and feed anything you capture.

9600 baud capable stations are encouraged to capture the special 9600 baud downlink and email to PC2@grc.nasa.gov and if they have IGate software (or the latest ALOGGER 2.0.2) to feed it live to satgate.aprsca.net port 20150.

Please, no one transmit. We will announce when PCSAT2 is open for general use in a few weeks.

Thanks
Bob, WB4APR
USNA Satellite Lab

PCSAT2 info: http://www.pcsat2.info/

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