[amsat-bb] Re: Packet Contact

2012-12-18 Thread Robert Bruninga
> where is the contact? > that just shows that both were able to copy each other. But they exchanged a QSL and both got the original exchange info from each other. On a shared single channel resource, we should be concerned with contact efficiency. This takes 16 packets for 8x8 or a total of 64 co

[amsat-bb] Re: Packet Contact

2012-12-10 Thread Dominic Hawken
I vote that as comment of the year ;-) On 9 Dec 2012, at 16:30, John Becker wrote: > where the contact? that just show that both was able to copy > each other. > > John > > >> if you are talking aprs style contact it is usualy done like this: >> station A sends a beacon >> station B sends a

[amsat-bb] Re: Packet Contact

2012-12-09 Thread John Becker
where the contact? that just show that both was able to copy each other. John >if you are talking aprs style contact it is usualy done like this: >station A sends a beacon >station B sends a bullitain message with all the calls he has recieved so >far in the pass >Station A sends a bullitain

[amsat-bb] Re: Packet Contact

2012-12-09 Thread PE1RDW
On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:36:43 +0100, wrote: What is needed for a valid packet contact on the ISS 73 Brock -- W6GMT BROCK THOMSEN MARCELL MN 56657 EN37EN ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA membe