[aprssig] ISS and W3ADO

[Andrew Rich (Home)]

Thanks Randy

It was a joke mate

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Andrew Rich
Airways Technical Officer Grade 4
Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B
Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC
email: vk4tec at tech-software.net
web: www.tech-software.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Love" <rlove31 at gmail.com>
To: "Andrew Rich (Home)" <vk4tec at tech-software.net>; "TAPR APRS Mailing 
List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] ISS and W3ADO


> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Andrew Rich
> (Home)<vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
>> So tell me Bob,
>>
>> How do you get up into space, and then back to earth so quickly ?
>>
>> 27/08/09 18:38:49 RS0ISS-4>CQ,SGATE,qAS,W3ADO-13:>ARISS - International
>> Space Station (BBS/APRS on)
>>
>>
>
> He didn't.
>
> What that packet shows is that he gated the packet into the APRS-IS 
> system.
>
> The qAS before his call is the clue to what is happening. He merely
> received the signal from the ISS and igated it into the APRS internet
> system. The true source of this packet is RS0ISS-4, which is the
> Russian station on the ISS.
>
> I suggest that you take a little time and read a bit of the APRS spec
> so that you can understand the packet layout and true routing
> information found in them. Looking at the raw packets without an
> understanding of the spec will lead you to many misinterpretations.
> Been there, done that, and I felt rather sheepish afterward.
>
> 73,
> Randy
> WF5X


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