Re: [amsat-bb] Picosat heard? [was: "StenSat may be Released ThisMorning..."]

["Jean-L. RAULT" <f6agr@xxxxxxx>]

Jamie

No picosats on 437.100 tonite at 17:29 UTC on 06 jan 00 over Paris, France .
OPAL is alone around the freq  and still answering with a 2810 Hz answer to
our connection attempts.

73 de Jean-Louis F6AGR

be Released ThisMorning..."]


>
>
> This morning at 05:40 PST, we attempted to launch picosatellites.
> As many of you have heard, Opal's transmitter has developed a spurious
> audio signal around 2800Hz that is corrupting the downlink.  We are
> unable to decode any packets.  However, it is transmitting.  There
> are two beacons:
>
> 1) Short pulse every ten seconds.
> 2) Longer pulse approximately every minute.
>
> Unfortunately, Opal may sound similar to JAK so listen carefully.  Due
> to unknown reasons, Artemis chose to use the same frequency as us.
>
> Opal appears to be receiving appropriately.  It distinctly attempts to
> respond to connects but we cannot decode them.  So, we are attempting to
> fake Opal's response with our prototype Opal and in doing so, fake out
> our ground station into thinking it is connected.  Thus our prototype
> will provide the acks that our ground station needs.  Preliminary testing
> shows this works, and we're doing more testing now to confirm.
>
> So, there may be a possibility they launched this morning.  We have
> no way of knowing other than Picosat monitoring.
>
> Keep your ears open and let us know if you hear anything.  We'll be
> trying/listening again this evening.
>
> --Jamie
> jwc@stanford.edu
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, John Mock wrote:
>
> > It sounds like at least one picosat was released.  Or, at least, there's
> > now something out there ca. 1530 this morning beeping on 437.090
[437.100
> > before doppler], perhaps in slow MCW.  I didn't get much of it, as i did
> > not get outside until MEL and was looking mostly for STENSAT.  It seems
> > so slow and the spacing so large so long that i can hardly do more than
> > distinguish dots from the one dash that i heard.  After replaying the ta
pe
> > several times, this is the best i could get without resorting to an
audio
> > spectragram:
> >
> >     ... ... . . .. - . . . . .
> >
> > I suppose it might have been trying to say 'artimis' but that is
probably
> > a long shot...  Sorry, no S-meter reading, but clearly audible above the
> > noise with an Arrow-equivalent antenna.
> >
> > I didn't hear anything on 436.620 [436.625 before doppler], but they had
> > expected it would take 1-2 hours of illumination before STENSAT would
> > start transmitting, especially if it was only getting sunlight edge-on.
> > Unless someone else did better than i (more sensitive receiver, or full
> > az-el antenna setup instead of Arrow-equivalent), then Europe or the
> > East Coast is likely to hear it first.
> >
> >          -- KD6PAG  (Networking Old-Timer, Satellite QRPer)
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