ONE YEAR IN SPACE FOR PCSAT 30 Sept 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On her 1st day of her second year in orbit, PCsat just reset at 2238z on 30 Sept 2002 over Europe during a 22 minute eclipse and drawing to a close the end of a week of full sun-full ops.. She will still be operational while in sun over the next few weeks until the batteries just wear out. But doubtful will last to the next Full sun period Nov 9-22. In tribute, I went to the pcsat.aprs.org WEB page and just captured the last 3 hours of traffic to see how people were using her. The text has been drastically cut to fit here and may appear cryptic, but all show the fun and excitement spread by PCsat. Typical data captured by WEB page on 30 sept 2200z to 2340z: Netherlands: PE2JMR: EU, When RX Ple qsl 73 de jan,pe2jmr@amsat.org PE2JMR::g4fip :pcsat today one year in space! France: F4CEP-3=4833.35N/00240.78E-73 via SAT! 32 8 F5SDM-7]TS1QY9,W3ADO-1*,qAr:'v_Hl ]/]73 Via Satellite England: G4FIP-1!5258.97N/00018.20W-73 de Ken, Heckington, England G3LQC]:OE5RPP :Hello from OXFORD de Ray{00 G3LQC]:DO4OSS-8 :good evening Stephen.. de Ray{05 Germany DO4OSS-8:HAPPY BIRTHDAY PCSAT! One year in space - Live long!{03 DO4OSS::IW1FT :Hi! Vy 73 back to you! Steffen/DO4OSS DO4OSS=5224.32N/01046.07E-Steffen,do4oss@darc.de, Email pse Arctic KC0JHQ]N7QAM-10,W3ADO-1*:]FM19sa/- Command Station... USA: W2KQ=4015.70N/07403.23W-PHG4130/Ocean Twp NJ KB1GVR>N0AN-6:=4436.18N/06826.92W-Hi VE3DOH KB1GVR:WA9BNZ :Hello from Mark in Maine.{00 NO44]!9 Lets try OPS NORMAL for a while... Canada: VE3FFR$GPGGA,221823.66,4416.1787,N,07629.3012,W - Ontario WA9BNZ:v,(l -/]%BILL,KNOXVILLE,IL KB1GVR]:AK4KO-2 :Hello from Mark, Maine.{00 KB1GVR]=4436.18N/06826.92W-EllsworthMaine. Sweeden: OK2JJA]APU16N,W3ADO-1*,qAr,DF5FF-10:]302236zUI-View V2.39 Finland: OH1NP]APU24V=6032.61N/02234.91W-Pentti, KP10GN, oh1np@sral.fi Denmark?: DG4BR]=5309.56N/00727.87E-Alfred Ihren JO33RD Austria: OE5RPP:]302041zGruesse aus St.Georgen i.A. de oe5rpp@qsl.net OE8MI-9]:OE5RPP : qsl [73] de Reinhard JN66SS mobile OE8MI-2][73] v PCSAT + PsionS5,TH-D7!Reinhard oe8mi@aon.at OE5RPP]=4756.16N/01329.53E-Hello to all from Austria! Ireland: EI8ETB=5151.84N/00826.93W-, Op. Thomas, Cork City, Ireland, Czech Rep: OK2JJA=4957.22N/01657.47E-Op. Honza,Sumperk,JN89LW,TH-D7E {UIV23} OK2LE:301902zHello fr Czech Republic, mymail:ok2le@c-box.cz OK2LE]=4913.39N/01740.59E-73 op Lada in Zlin {UIV32} Italy: IW1FT]APU16K,=4453.96N/00826.67E-Riccardo IW1FT@yahoo.it IW1FT]:::DO4OSS-8 :HI! Best 73 to you and QRA!{00 Hungary: HA3IU]!4652.49N/01803.65E-Op.:Csaty in Hungary Swiss: S57NML]APRS,W3ADO-1*,qAr,DF5FF-10:=4608.88N/01514.50Ey de WB4APR, Bob USNA Satellite Ground Station