[amsat-bb] SRMSat (SRMVU) - Updated Keps

Dinesh Cyanam dinesh at cyanam.net
Wed Oct 12 06:00:47 PDT 2011


Hello all,
Here are the updated keps for SRMSat (SRMVU)

SRMVU
1 55555U 11072A   11285.24558449  .00001106  00000-0  60777-3 0  1231
2 55555  19.9698  66.2533 0014244 344.0462 200.8483 14.10647952    17

Keps can also be downloaded from: http://dinesh.cyanam.net/dl/SRMSat_Updated_Keps.txt
More info about CW telemetry decoding can be found at: http://srmsat.in/srmvu.html

73
KC2YQJ
Dinesh Cyanam

On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Dinesh Cyanam wrote:

> Hello Fellow Amateurs,
> We have received our first report from Ian Ashley, ZL1AOX, from New Zealand about successful copying of the beacon.
> --------------------------
> CW copied in New Zealand at location RF72mv from 11:24 to 11:37 on 437.425+-, 13th October 2011.
> Thought I was recording but it didn't start. Sorry.
> Signals fairly weak and MixW wouldn't decode but OK to the human ear!
> 
> Congratulations on a successful launch and deployment.
> Regards
> Ian Ashley ZL1AOX"
> --------------------------
> 
> SRMSat beacon and telemetry can be heard @ 437.425 MHz
> SRMSat Keps file: http://dinesh.cyanam.net/dl/SRMSAT_TLEs.txt
> 
> The CW Telemetry and decoding details for SRMSAT are as below:
> Character 6: Satellite Mode
> 1.	P - Sensing Mode
> 2.	X - Communication Mode
> 3.	C - Normal Mode
> 4.	Z - Detumbling Mode
> 
> Character 7: Magnetometer Status
> 1.	C - On
> 2.	P - Off
> 3.	X - Error
> 4.	Z - Ready
> 
> Character 8: GPS Status
> 
> Character 9: Payload Status
> 
> Character 10: Temperature Status
> 1.	C - < 0 degree celcius
> 2.	P - 0 to 10 degree celcius
> 3.	X - 10 to 20 degree celcius
> 4.	Z - 20 to 30 degree celcius
> 5.	6 - 30 to 40 degrees celcius
> 6.	4 - Above 40 degrees celcius
> 
> Character 11: Battery Status
> 1.	C - Less than 7 V
> 2.	P - >7V and <7.3V
> 3.	X - >7.3V and <7.6V
> 4.	Z - >7.6V and <7.9V
> 5.	6 - >7.9V and <8.1V
> 6.	4 - >8.1V
> 
> We are looking forward to hearing more reception and health status reports from other Radio Amateurs.
> Please send reception reports and CW telemetry to kc2yqj at arrl.org or to sanjaynekkanti at gmail.com
> 
> 73
> KC2YQJ
> Dinesh Cyanam
> 
> 



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