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BID : ANS-349.02
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Subj: Sapphire Status
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Sent: 021215/1344Z 62386@UA9CIR.SVR.RUS.EU [Ekaterinburg] $:ANS-349.02
From: UA9CIR@UA9CIR.SVR.RUS.EU
To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 349.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. DECEMBER 15, 2002
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-349.02
Currently, Sapphire is not an active APRS digipeater; we're having some
problems with the receiver/TNC (we have not been able to pinpoint the
problem in the receive chain) and he is not listening to ground
commands. The most likely remedy is a hard reset (which we have been
unable to force from the ground), though we are hopeful that a 'natural'
radiation-induced crash of the on-board software will take place ...
someday.
That being said, you are free to attempt digipeating -- if successful,
then a reset has taken place when we weren't looking. If you are able
to pull off a digipeat, please let myself & Bob Bruninga know. Also, in
its current state, Sapphire broadcasts a short CW pulse every 20 seconds
on 437.1 MHz; changes to the pulse period (or the absence of pulses) are
also noteworthy events.
[ANS thanks Mike Swartwout, KE6YNJ, Sapphire Operations Lead for this
information]
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