[amsat-bb] Re: really strange RX

Alan Sieg WB5RMG wb5rmg at somenet.net
Mon Feb 18 18:37:05 PST 2008


> Yes, I had to dig my PSK stuff out of storage, too :)  It's a bit
> nostalgic...but really cool when you see it still works!

I keep my TAPR-PSK on a book shelf, just cause it looks cool.

> However, TLMDC won't work with the satellites in their current state.
> Rather, they are transmitting Microsat Boot Loader (MBL) telemetry that
> has to be collected in KISS mode--using something like Wisp.

Likely any version of TLMDC I turn up would be ancient history.
I was helping Jim and Bruce with some documentation of that pre-launch.
Moved away from Denver late 1990, and slowly slipped away from Microsats.
Never had a copy of Wisp even. Seems there was something else I used
for saving raw KISS streams ... Seems there were some utilities for
post processing KISS files. Maybe I can find some old backup floppies.
  Did not the PG/PB suite have something for collecting KISS ?

> For IO-26, it's MBL KISS files can be decoded by Mike's DK3WN's great
> IO-26 MBL telemetry decoder here:  http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml
>  It has a nice graphic display of the telemetry channels.
>
> And YES, if you can grab the KISS files I'm interested in receiving them!

Well, if my other dozen or so projects don't mind - I may at least listen
for it. It would be nice to hear the buzz again.

   Thanks  /;^)
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