[amsat-bb] Re: STRaND-1 and AAUSAT3 heard in Cienfuegos, Cuba

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hi Bill and Other Folks,        

To decode STRaND-1:

1-Sprint-2 TNC at 9600 baud in KISS mode (or any 9600 in KISS mode probably)

For software, thank DK3WN of course!

2-Using this software to capture:
http://www.dk3wn.info/files/online_kiss_plus.zip

3-And using this software to decode the captured KISS files:  
http://www.dk3wn.info/files/kissdump.zip

73,

Mark N8MH 


At 04:22 PM 2/25/2013 -0800, Bill Ress wrote:
>Hi Mark,
>
>What are you using to copy/decode the telemetry?
>
>Regards...Bill - N6GHz
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 3:36 PM
>To: Hector, CO6CBF; amsat-bb at amsat.org
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: STRaND-1 and AAUSAT3 heard in Cienfuegos, Cuba
>
>Congrats, Hector.
>
>I printed several STRaND-1 packets and need to figure out what to do with
>them ;)
>
>Which TLEs did you use?  Based on timestamps and scrolling time back in
>SatPC32, it looks to me like the bird might be behind the pre-launch keps
>I'm using.  Meaning, I see packets time stamped at the predicted LOS.  I was
>NOT in the shack, but that's my guess based on time stamps.
>
>73,
>
>Mark N8MH 
>
>At 06:04 PM 2/25/2013 -0500, Hector, CO6CBF wrote:
>>Hello All
>>
>>On the 22:36 UTC pass both STRaND-1 and AAUSAT3 have been heard in 
>>Cienfuegos city (EL92sd). I was running a FUNcube Dongle with SDR-Radio 
>>V1.5 and a homebrew ARROW antenna with a homebrew preamplifier. The 
>>STRaND-1 beacon has a great signal (S9+).
>>
>>Congratulations to the STRaND-1 and AAUSAT3 teams for the great job!
>>
>>73!
>>
>>Hector, CO6CBF
>>EL92sd
>>
>>
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