Since the first passes over the US west coast aren't until after midnight local time (about 0730 UTC Thursday, 7 hours from now), it would be great if someone could put a recording of the BPSK beacon on the net somewhere. I'm anxious to see if my format actually works over a real space link, what the fade characteristics are like, etc.
Just a couple of minutes would be fine. I prefer uncompressed .wav, not a lossy format like mp3 or mp4. I can convert sample rates, so there's no need to use a high one, just one high enough to capture the entire bandwidth of the signal.
If you do post something, please announce it here so others needn't duplicate your efforts. Thanks!
Phil, KA9Q
Oh, I forgot to mention. The ARISSat-1 beacon should be received on a 2m SSB radio in USB mode, with any passband tuning set to nominal, and continuously tuned for Doppler to keep the CW beacon coming out at an audio pitch of 500 Hz. That will put the suppressed carrier of the BPSK signal at 1500 Hz, the center of a normal SSB bandpass filter.
Thanks!
Phil, KA9Q
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