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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Just curious, what frequency will it be
operating on?<br>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ<br>
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On 2/21/2015 12:32 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">APRS Satellite operators:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are delivering our next APRS satellite
(QIKcom-1) next week and it will have a mission life of maybe
6 months.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is a very quick reaction short fuse
opportunity so we are simply going to fly an APRS digipeater
(TinyTrack4) supporting the three digipeater aliases of ARISS,
APRSAT and WIDEn-N but it will operate at 4 Watts RF power and
be easily heard on any HT..</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It has no other CPU on board and so it
flies with only the fixed settings set before launch.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But we do have an A/B switch which can be
used to switch between two bank settings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I just cannot think of any neat must-do
ideas for how to use the other bank settings.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The host spacecraft has plenty of power, so
there is no need for low power options… (they can simply turn
us off if needed). Telemetry is a boring Volts, current, and
two internal temps. The settings in bank 0 are now: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">DIGIPEATER: ON</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ALIASES: ARISS, APRSAT, WIDEn-N</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BTEXT: USNA-W3ADO APRS
Satellite every 2 minutes</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TELEMETRY: every 1 minute.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just cannot think of any use for a
separate bank settings?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have ideas of how to use the A/B
settings let me know.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4aPR</p>
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