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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FASTRAC-1 Digipeater activated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sebastián KE5FKV has announced that the AX.25 packet radio digipeater on the amateur radio satellite FASTRAC-1 will be available from 16:00 UT on Friday December 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the AMSAT bulletin board FASTRAC Student Program Manager Sebastián Muñoz Toro KE5FKV writes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The FASTRAC satellites have been in operation for more than a year and the team has been able to get a lot of data from them, in great part due to the amazing support from the amateur radio community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Over the last month the team noticed that one of FASTRAC-1’s on board microcontrollers which controls one of the experiments has not been booting up correctly. The team has done everything possible to correct this issue apart from turning it off which can only happen if the batteries fall below an specific charge level. Since the satellites have been power positive throughout this whole year the only way this can happen is if the satellites transmit more often.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Given that one of FASTRAC goals has always been to eventually provide a platform for amateur radio enthusiasts to use after the primary mission was over, the team has decided to open up FASTRAC-1 to the amateur radio community with the hope as more people use it to digipeat through the satellite, the battery levels will diminish and cause a hard reset of the microcontrollers on board.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The satellite will be configured so that amateur radio operators can use it beginning on Friday, Dec 2 at 10:00 AM CST [16:00 UT]. Starting on this date people will be able to digipeat through the satellites.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The call sign and frequencies of the satellite are summarized below and an example of digipeating through the satellite is also shown in below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>To increase the chances of causing a hard reset, it is requested that as many amateur radio enthusiasts try to digipeat through the satellite on the weekend of Dec 10. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you are successful at digipeating through the satellites or have any problems doing so please let us know at fastracsats@gmail.com, through our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/fastracsats or through the forums on our website http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>users/phpBB3/index.php<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Frequency Information for FASTRAC-1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FASTRAC-1 “Sara Lily” Downlink Frequency: 437.345 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FASTRAC-1 “Sara Lily” Uplink Frequency (1200 or 9600 baud): 145.825 MHz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FASTRAC-1 “Sara Lily” Satellite Call Sign: FAST1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Example of Digipeating through FAST1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- cmd: c CALLSIGN via fast1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- cmd: KE5DTW>CALLSIGN,FAST1/1: <<C>>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- CALLSIGN>KE5DTW,FAST1*/1: <UA>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- *** CONNECTED to CALLSIGN VIA FAST1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Here the example shows KE5DTW (UT Austin Ground Station) digipeating through FAST1 to connect to CALLSIGN. CALLSIGN represents an arbitrary callsign and should be replaced with the callsign of the station with whom a connection is being attempted. The above example is based on a Kantronics KPC9612+ TNC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For a PDF version of the announcement please go to the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/FASTRAC_Digipeating_Announcement.pdf">http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/FASTRAC_Digipeating_Announcement.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks a lot,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>THE FASTRAC TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Satscape satellite tracking software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.satscape.info/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FASTRAC keps for tracking software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/users/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>phpBB3/predictedorbit.php<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>UISS Packet Software http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/uiss.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AGW Packet Engine http://www.sv2agw.com/ham/agwpe.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AGPE Installation and Setup http://www.soundcardpacket.com/2agwget.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>