[HamSat] Echo Experimenters Wednesday for 11 Aug 2004

[Timothy Pickett]

The next Exp Wed will test the 9k6 Pacsat Broadcast Protocol, Store and
Forward, BBS system on Echo.

Uplink:  145.860 MHz FM 9k6 digital
Downlink:  435.150 MHz FM 9k6 digital

Start:  11 Aug 2004 @ 0240 UTC
End:  12 Aug 2004 @ 0340 UTC

The FM repeat mode transmitter on 435.300 will be turned off during this
time, and power to the 435.150 transmitter will be increased.  Please check
the digital downlink for any last minute changes.

This will be the first user access of the BBS system.  Please understand
that new software will be uploaded to the satellite when we close this first
window of user access.  At that time, all messages in the BBS system will be
lost.  Please keep your uploads to messages only.  Let's give everyone a
chance to upload and download messages from Echo during this one day test.

The large files that are stored in the BBS that begin with "we" are Whole
Orbit Data (WOD) files.  They are binary data that require a decoding
program to extract the information.  There is no need to download one of
those files.  And the "Upload Test" picture files are all the same picture.
These were used to test the uploading speed as well as uploading with a
CTCSS tone enabled.  There is no need to download those either.

Just keep it to messages and give everyone a chance to use the BBS system.
And please avoid using ALL in the TO field of your message.  Send your hello
or introductory message to "ECHO USERS" or just "ECHO" instead.

Enjoy Echo!