I found the bird much louder last night than the night before, when I was unable to copy telem. On that occasion, the beacon power might have been compressed by rogue FM signals on the transponder.
I assume that since the tx power is stated as around 0.8W, the beacon is running 80mW, about the same as some cubesats.
HI HI 22 E2 88 D5 8F BB 05 25 00 24 00 00 6F 65 9A 9D B0 80 B7 B6 B7 B5 BA HI HI 22 2E 88 D5 8F BB 05 25 00 24 00 00 6F 65 9A 9D B1 91 B7 B6 B6 B4 BA HI HI 22 E2 88 D5 8F BB 05 25 00 24 00 00 6E 65 9A 9D B0 88 B7 B6 B6 B5 BA HI HI 22 E2 88 D5 8F BB 05 25 00 24 00 00 6C 65 9A 9D B0 80 B7 B6 B6 B4 B9
DATA 1 Main Relay ON : DCM ON SRAM OFF : Packet OFF JTA ON : JTD OFF GAS OFF : SAS OFF : UVC ON UVC Level 1 : PCU Mode AUTO PCU Level 3 : Battery Mode TRIC Battery Logic TRIC : Digitalker Mode OFF : UVC ACT/PAS PAS CPU RUN/RESET RUN : Spin Period 8356.0 [msec] Sun Angle 72.5 [deg] GAS-Z 0.0 [nT] GAS-X 0.0 [nT] Solar Panel Current 1088.2 [mA] Battery Current -20.4 [mA] Battery Voltage 16.6 [V] Battery Middle Voltage 7.6 [V] Bus Voltage 17.3 [V] Analog Tx Power 733.9 [mW] Structure Temp. 1 10.8 [C] Structure Temp. 2 11.2 [C] Structure Temp. 3 10.8 [C] Structure Temp. 4 11.6 [C] Battery Cell Temp. 9.6 [C]
It is interesting to see the solar panel current decrease as the bird moves toward eclipse. (I assume since this is a sphere that these changes represent represent real alterations in irradiation, not the effects of tumble, but I'd be happy to be corrected on this point.)
Solar Panel Current (# 50mA)
( Data 1 ) 1088.2[mA] : ###################### ( Data 2 ) 1088.2[mA] : ###################### ( Data 3 ) 1078.4[mA] : ###################### ( Data 4 ) 1058.8[mA] : #####################
Unfortunately, I decided to see if anyone was active on the transponder and missed the frames of telemetry that came during and after eclipse.
Thanks to JE9PEL, Mineo, for his excellent telemetry analysis program.
73, Bruce VE9QRP