[aprssig] Satellite notification based on Mic-E status

[Frank Krizan]

Hi Lynn and Eric,

What Eric may have been thinking of is/was ASTARS (http://www.aprs.org/astars.html <http://www.aprs.org/astars.html> .  It utilized a team of 'local' stations which ran predictions for APRS based satellites and transmitted a message with predictions for the next hour to hour and a half, or so.  It was a very handy feature when you were in the field and didn't have a computer handy -- and this was pre-smartphone.  

It could still be a great function for backpackers who might find themselves with a dead cellphone, assuming their APRS HT still had power.

73, Frank KR1ZAN
Plano, TX


> On Nov 21, 2020, at 22:26, Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr) <KJ4ERJ at arrl.net> wrote:
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> How did said service know WHICH satellite you wanted notification for?  While I think it would be a neat idea, and I've considered adding satellite-named groups to my ANSRVR, there are so many satellites being tracked now that we could fill the channel with notifications.  Especially if multiple people in a given area were running such a station on RF 24x7...
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> See http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:satsrv for documentation on the satellite pass auto-responder called SATSRV.
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>> 23:25:03  New Chat Between KJ4ERJ and ISS on 2020-11-21
>> 23:25:07> when
>> 23:25:07< AOS 34m50s N NE^8 E 8m (*2-23:25:07)
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> Tells me my next pass will acquire signal in just under 35 minutes and will traverse from North to NorthEast to East with a peak elevation of only 8 degrees above the horizon.  And the entire pass will be done in 8 minutes, acquisition to loss of signal.  It only works if you've recently beaconed a position.
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> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
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> On 11/21/2020 6:08 PM, Eric H. Christensen via aprssig wrote:
>> A long, long, long time ago there used to be a service that would send a user a notification (over APRS) that a satellite pass was due if that user had their Mic-E status set to one of the custom statuses.  I cannot find any information on this, now.  Does this still exist?
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>> 73,
>> Eric WG3K
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