[amsat-bb] Re: RAX Decode

[Matt Bennett]

> Hi Enzo,
> 
> We are glad to hear you are interested in tracking RAX! RAX
> beacons sound just like the noise you'd hear if you opened
> your squelch wide open. Beacon intervals are normally every
> 20 seconds. RAX is experiencing some power problems right
> now, so are keeping the beacon off most of the time to
> conserve battery life for the year ahead. I notified the BB
> earlier this month that I will post a message when we are
> beaconing regularly again.
> 
> The software to auto-decode beacons can be found on our
> website at http://rax.engin.umich.edu. Mike
> Rupprecht (DK3WN) also has his own version at http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Matt Bennett
> KF6RTB
> RAX Project Manager
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Vincenzo Mone <vimone at alice.it>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Vincenzo Mone <vimone at alice.it>
> > Subject: [amsat-bb]  RAX Decode
> > To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 12:44 PM
> > Hello,
> > i would like to receive the RAX Satellite.
> > as i read on the Amsat web it is GMSK 9600 BPS.
> > I would like to know what to hear.
> > Should i hear the noise like the AO-51 bird?
> > What do i need to decode it?
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > 73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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