Hi Bob,
Not only is the Compass beacon alive and well with housekeeping information every three minutes but if you care to send it a few DTMF tones when it is sunlit it will respond with beacons, housekeeping data at 4800 etc. DK3WN has decoders on his website.
A typical beacon decode:
Solar Cell Voltage 4.84 V Solar Panel 6 Cur (+Z) 112.94 mA Solar Panel 2 Cur (+Y) 0.00 mA Solar Panel 3 Cur (-X) 0.00 mA Solar Panel 4 Cur (-Y) 0.00 mA Solar Panel 5 Cur (-Z) 43.92 mA EPS Reset Counter 1 Power Level Battery Charging Heater Active Battery Heater OFF Power Safe Counter 2 Emergency Mode Counter 0 Battery Voltage 4.00 V Battery Current 0.00 mA Battery Temperature 7 °C
73 Alan ZL2BX -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bruninga Sent: Monday, 6 June 2011 18:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] COMPASS Heard?
Think I heard COMPASS-1 today?
Today while listening to the clean tones of CO-65, another very warbly CW signal came up right on top of it. I did a quick scan of all other AMSATS and found that Compass was over at the same time.
I notice it is listed as semi-operational. I guess this was one of those Semi's?
Or is it on all the time and I can add it to my list of Demo satellites?
Bob, WB4APR
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