PSAT PSK31 Telemetry over Washington, DC 2130Z
Good evening,
Nice strong signals from PSAT over southwest Washington, DC (FM18lv) around 2130Z. I decoded several frames of telemetry from the beacon and saw a couple of PSK31 signals in the passband, but from what I could decode, they appear to have been terrestrial QSOs in progress.
I did not see the BRICSAT beacon at all.
I was not setup to transmit on this pass. Maybe tomorrow.
Thanks to the U. S. Naval Academy, WB4APR, and Brno University for something different to try out. Hopefully I'll be able to make a QSO soon!
The decoded telemetry is below. Receive setup was a Yaesu FT-817, Arrow II, and HSM LNAA432 preamp. I had the levels screwed up when live, so this is decoded off my recording with fldigi.
W3ADO-5 beacon B 008 90 27 780 250 +18 t5o W3ADO-5 beacon B 009 99 29 7i 5 248 +18 a= W3ADO-5 beacon B 010 99 32 775 248 +19 ea a W3ADO-5 beacon B 011 28 23 775 249 +19 g ,l W3ADO-5 beacon B 012 09 23 777 248 +19 =ce W3ADO-5 beacon B 013 62 23 775 248 +20 eeetY W3ADO-5 beacon B 014 53 23 771 249 +20 ve W3ADO-5 beacon B 015 03 2e=777 248 +20 deaoo W3ADO-5 beacon B 016 40 23 773 248 +20 e rO W3ADO-5 beacon B 017 56 23 773 247 +21 t W3ADO-5 beacon B 018 56 23 772 248 +21 l tnm eo ieê mo W3ADO-5 beacon B 019 34 26 783 248 +19 Qc W3ADO-5 beacon B 020 06 23 773 248 +20 setT W3ADO-5 be Lt t,t oite.eo n)d enttpg>ty-o1oatte c leem <RS>o C ,a abli W3ADO-5 beacon A 000 03 23 793 8 +16 i W3ADO-5 beacon A 001 09 23 771 248 +18 Si W3ADO-5 beacon A 002 28 23 772 247 +20 o de W3ADO-5 beacon A 003 09 23 769 248 +20 tamn W3ADO-F beacon A 004 03 23 770 248 +20 Se l W3ADO-5 beacon A 005 00 23 769 246 +20 e tt W3ADO-5 beacon T 0.6 00 23 765 247 +21 W3ADHr5 beacon A 007 03 23 769 24ei +w
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)
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