[amsat-bb] PCsat 9600bps and 1200bps

[Mineo Wakita <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I received today the 9600bps and 1200bps signals from PCsat.


[9600bps FSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
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W3ADO-2>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:19:43z] <UI>:
T#072,159,159,068,212,213,11111111,0011,1

W3ADO-2>APRS2 [03-Oct-01  06:20:15z] <UI>:
:BLN2PCSAT:Spcl thanks to the worldwide launch monitoring team!
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[9600bps FSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
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PCSAT-12>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:24:35z] <UI>:
T#206,124,120,131,116,213,11111111,1101,1

PCSAT-12>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:25:15z] <UI>:
T#207,121,124,122,080,213,11111111,1110,1
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[1200bps AFSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
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W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:01:33z] <UI>:
>302106z Sysop test no users please during on-orbit tests

W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:01:39z] <UI>:
T#382,123,120,137,108,213,11111111,0001,1

W3ADO-1>APRS2 [03-Oct-01  08:01:42z] <UI>:
:BLN2PCSAT:Spcl thanks to the worldwide launch monitoring team!
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[1200bps AFSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
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PCSAT-11>APRS3 [03-Oct-01  08:02:28z] <UI>:
:BLN3PCSAT:We will be  testing GPS thru 3 Oct.
 All else is working Great

PCSAT-11>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:02:31z] <UI>:
T#868,153,164,107,214,213,11111110,1111,1

PCSAT-11>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:03:07z] <UI>:
>301220z sysop test no users please until ckout complete
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Then I noticed that PCsat had the following two side callsigns.

 Side    : A         B
 Freq.   : 145.825   144.390
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 1200bps : W3ADO-1   PCSAT-11
 9600bps : W3ADO-2   PCSAT-12


See the following URL for a detailed information on the telemetry:

 http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html

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Name : JE9PEL/Mineo Wakita, JAMSAT member
Mail : ei7m-wkt@asahi-net.or.jp
URL  : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
QTH  : Yokohama Japan, GL:PM95TJ
Date : Oct 3, 2001
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