Re: [amsat-bb] SUITSAT TELEMETRY UPDATE #2 from N2SPI

[Robert McGwier <rwmcgwier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This really is very nice copy.  Richard, could you please describe your 
station?  Is your QRZ.com information current? 

It is as clear as a new piece of window pane that all of the copy/fading 
problems are antenna design related.  The attitude of the suit/antenna 
in relation to your station became optimized for the duration of that 
recording.

The temperature of the batteries was <<NEVER>> close to freezing.  The 
batteries are, and have been, 11-13 C or 54 F.  The batteries continue 
to be in excellent shape and in fact,  were probably UNDERESTIMATED by 
the builders of SuitSat.  But of course,  in their defense please recall 
that "daring risk takers" in the current space environment told the 
builders NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and then "Oh, Okay, you have 3 weeks to 
build this before delivery".  I gotta tell you,  I consider their 
achievement remarkable.  The PIC microcontrollers provided through the 
good offices of Steve Bible, a long time PIC officionado and now 
employed by Microchip,  seem to be doing their job well.

I don't know about you but my admiration for all that has been 
accomplished here under nearly impossible conditions is pretty remarkable.

Bob
N4HY



Richard Crow wrote:
> WOW! Here is some BEAUTIFUL SuitSat telemetry.
>
> This telemetry update is for SuitSat-1 at 06:39:29 UTC on 10 February 
> 2006.
>
> Hear the audio at "www.aj3u.com".  (If you read this message before 
> A.J. gets a chance to post it, be patient.)
>
> The telemetry lady says, "Mission time is 009(?)44 minutes, the 
> temperature is 13 degrees Celsuis, the battery voltage is 26.7 volts."
>
> -Richard, N2SPI


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