[amsat-bb] 17 May 2008 AM Reception Report

[Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC)]

Dear All,

17 May 2008

0954 Hours Local or 0154 Hours UTC, 18 degree elevation
SEEDS in Packet mode FM, Object J
http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/seeds17may00954.wav
Sorry about the 57 MB file size as this is a wav file.

1127 Hours Local or 0327 Hours UTC, 19 degree elevation
Cute-1.7 + APDII and COMPASS-1, Object C.
http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/cc17may1127.mp3

Thanks to Mineo-San, JE9PEL for introducing Tunaterm for copying SEEDS
Packets.  Could someone please help me on the following as I am still having
problem to copy SEEDS packets.

1. I tried MixW2, TNC emulation, N8VB com port redirector, and Tunaterm.
Tunaterm successfully decodes a bunch of Binary data, but because MixW2 is
emulating a KISS TNC instead of a normal TNC, I am not sure if the data is
accurate. 

2. I tried also KPC-3+ in KISS and non-kiss mode directly with Tunaterm.
Unfortunately Tunaterm did not successfully decode any packets except for
one or two.  

I believe the SEEDS packet were standard AX.25 1200 baud packets?  Could
someone kindly guide me to the right path.  Thank you very much in advance.

73,
Sion Chow Q. C.,
9W2QC.

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TRX: ICOM IC-910H
Ant (2M): 2 x 10 Element Hor Polarity
Ant (70CM): 2 x 15 Element Hor Polarity
Preamp: SSB SP-2000 (2M), SSB SP-7000 (70CM)
Tracker: LVB Tracker
Coordinates: 03d04.57N 101d35.33E
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