Hi Enzo,
We are glad to hear you are interested in tracking RAX! RAX beacons sound just like the noise you'd hear if you opened your squelch wide open. Beacon intervals are normally every 20 seconds. RAX is experiencing some power problems right now, so are keeping the beacon off most of the time to conserve battery life for the year ahead. I notified the BB earlier this month that I will post a message when we are beaconing regularly again.
The software to auto-decode beacons can be found on our website at http://rax.engin.umich.edu. Mike Rupprecht (DK3WN) also has his own version at http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml.
73,
Matt Bennett KF6RTB RAX Project Manager
--- On Wed, 12/29/10, Vincenzo Mone [email protected] wrote:
From: Vincenzo Mone [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] RAX Decode To: "Amsat - BBs" [email protected] Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 12:44 PM Hello, i would like to receive the RAX Satellite. as i read on the Amsat web it is GMSK 9600 BPS. I would like to know what to hear. Should i hear the noise like the AO-51 bird? What do i need to decode it? Thanks in advance
73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520
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