[aprssig] ISS Digipeater Alias?

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 1/7/2011 1:27 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> This may not be the best place to ask this, so if not, please tell me a more 
> appropriate list...
>
> From http://aprs.org/iss-faq.html:
>
> *ISS AND OTHER UI DIGIPEATERS IN SPACE* SATELLITE 	DWNLNK 	UPLINK 	DIGI-PATH 
> (choose one) 	DESCRIPTION
> ISS 	145.825 	145.825 	ARISS | APRSAT | WIDE 	Adding an optional SGATE,WIDE 
> on your path allows your
> PCSAT-1 	145.825 	145.828 	ARISS | APRSAT | WIDEn-N 	packet to be gated to 
> the FINDU system more easily.
> ANDE 	145.825 	145.825 	ARISS | APRSAT | WIDEn-N 	Sleeps between users. Wakes 
> for a minute.
> GO32 	435.225 	145.850 	4XTECH 	Use 145.93 uplink for all D7 and D700's
>
>
>
> Is the ISS really responding to a path alias of WIDE?  Or is this obsolete 
> (page last updated Jan 30, 2009) information?
>
> I know that it responds to ARISS, but does it also digipeat on it's own 
> (RS0ISS-4) callsign?
>
> And finally, based on the packets I've seen from it, it is doing alias 
> substitution rather than callsign insertion.  Can someone who knows the facts 
> confirm or deny that observation?
>

As far as I know, the ISS digi is a stand-alone Kenwood D700.  The internal 
firmware limitations of this radio determine it's capabilities.

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