A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on!
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
Graham,
My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder?
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <Graham Shirville <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. < <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency! < <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL < <73 <Graham <G3VZV < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
yes, old AO40RCV
https://twitter.com/I0LYL/status/1095802798174859264
73, Lucio
Il 13/02/2019 23:16, Alan ha scritto:
Graham,
My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder?
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <Graham Shirville <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. < <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency! < <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL < <73 <Graham <G3VZV < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Great to see that the beacon is backward compatible. Got my old copy of AO40Rcv out for later testing.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: Lucio Perrone IØLYL [mailto:lucio.i0lyl@gmail.com] <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:22 PM <To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG; 'Graham Shirville' graham@shirville.com; <'AMSAT' amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < < <yes, old AO40RCV < <https://twitter.com/I0LYL/status/1095802798174859264 < <73, Lucio < <Il 13/02/2019 23:16, Alan ha scritto: <> Graham, <> <> My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder? <> <> 73, <> <> Alan <> WA4SCA <> <> <> <-----Original Message----- <> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <> <Graham Shirville <> <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <> <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! <> < <> <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <> <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. <> < <> <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <> <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <> <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same <frequency! <> < <> <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL <> < <> <73 <> <Graham <> <G3VZV <> < <> < <> <_______________________________________________ <> <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions <> <expressed <> <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT- <> <NA. <> <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <> <program! <> <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions expressed <> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT-NA. <> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> < <-- <73, Lucio IØLYL
AO40Rcv BPSK Decoder For QO-100 good only fo Mailbox-F7
http://www.moetronix.com/ae4jy/files/ao40rcvsource204.zip
Il 13/02/2019 23:41, Alan ha scritto:
Great to see that the beacon is backward compatible. Got my old copy of AO40Rcv out for later testing.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: Lucio Perrone IØLYL [mailto:lucio.i0lyl@gmail.com] <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:22 PM <To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG; 'Graham Shirville' graham@shirville.com; <'AMSAT' amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < < <yes, old AO40RCV < <https://twitter.com/I0LYL/status/1095802798174859264 < <73, Lucio < <Il 13/02/2019 23:16, Alan ha scritto: <> Graham, <> <> My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder? <> <> 73, <> <> Alan <> WA4SCA <> <> <> <-----Original Message----- <> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <> <Graham Shirville <> <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <> <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! <> < <> <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <> <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. <> < <> <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <> <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <> <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same <frequency! <> < <> <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL <> < <> <73 <> <Graham <> <G3VZV <> < <> < <> <_______________________________________________ <> <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions <> <expressed <> <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT- <> <NA. <> <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <> <program! <> <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions expressed <> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT-NA. <> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> < <-- <73, Lucio IØLYL
Hi Lucio
The mailbox is certainly working - getting good text from it here.
73
Charlie G3WDG
Hi Folks,
The link is for the source files. Use this link to obtain the executable (859K) file. http://www.moetronix.com/ae4jy/ao40rcv.htm Works a treat on the web sdr but there is not much on it yet.
73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
-----Original Message----- From: Lucio Perrone IØLYL Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:49 AM To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG ; 'Graham Shirville' ; 'AMSAT' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on!
AO40Rcv BPSK Decoder For QO-100 good only fo Mailbox-F7
http://www.moetronix.com/ae4jy/files/ao40rcvsource204.zip
Il 13/02/2019 23:41, Alan ha scritto:
Great to see that the beacon is backward compatible. Got my old copy of AO40Rcv out for later testing.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: Lucio Perrone IØLYL [mailto:lucio.i0lyl@gmail.com] <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:22 PM <To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG; 'Graham Shirville' graham@shirville.com; <'AMSAT' amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < < <yes, old AO40RCV < <https://twitter.com/I0LYL/status/1095802798174859264 < <73, Lucio < <Il 13/02/2019 23:16, Alan ha scritto: <> Graham, <> <> My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder? <> <> 73, <> <> Alan <> WA4SCA <> <> <> <-----Original Message----- <> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <> <Graham Shirville <> <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <> <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <> <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! <> < <> <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <> <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. <> < <> <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <> <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <> <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same <frequency! <> < <> <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL <> < <> <73 <> <Graham <> <G3VZV <> < <> < <> <_______________________________________________ <> <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions <> <expressed <> <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT- <> <NA. <> <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <> <program! <> <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> <> _______________________________________________ <> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions expressed <> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT-NA. <> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <> < <-- <73, Lucio IØLYL
I clicked on the link and get a 404 Not Found error, i then realized you have the word "and" as part of the link. Drop it and all is well. Thank you for the information. Rick WB3CSY
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 5:19 PM Alan wa4sca@gmail.com wrote:
Graham,
My, but that brings back old, fond memories! Will/is there a decoder?
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of <Graham Shirville <Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:13 PM <To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] A new 400bps telemetry beacon now on! < <Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive <400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40. < <You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 <then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK <websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency! < <Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL < <73 <Graham <G3VZV < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Is that what I am hearing up high in the band? and what to decode it?
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/13/2019 4:12 PM, Graham Shirville wrote:
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
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Hi Graham
Being one of those old vintage folks, it it great to hear that sound again!
I'm getting green lights on the FEC and CRC indicators with AO40RCV.
CW beacon also good.
73
Charlie
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UKÂ websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
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If you are using wine, there is a display bug, so you cannot see what you are decoding. A workarround : in "Output setting" check log to file, and the open this files in .wine/drive_c/ with tail -f for example.
Also, I noticed that the timestamp inside decoded data wasn't correct. It seems to think that we are the 2000-07-30.
Thank to all :) F4HVX
Le 13/02/2019 23:12, Graham Shirville a écrit :
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
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Also, I noticed that the timestamp inside decoded data wasn't correct. It seems to think that we are the 2000-07-30.
It's a local issue from wine, because there is no timestamp in the beacon.
Hi Graham
Getting 16-17dB SNR here on the station dish, reported by AO40RCV.
73
Charlie
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UKÂ websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
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I knew my old G3RUH P3 data demodulator card would come in handy one day!
73 Kevin WA7FWF
On 2/13/2019 2:12 PM, Graham Shirville wrote:
Those of a certain vintage will remember listening to the distinctive 400 bps beacons from AO10, 13 and finally AO40.
You can now hear the sound again, live. If you are in range of Oscar-100 then tune to 10489.800 MHz or, if not, then logon to the BATC/AMSAT-UK websdr here https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/and tune to the same frequency!
Wonderful...thank you QARS and AMSAT-DL
73 Graham G3VZV
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You can now hear the sound again, live.
Golly, that brings back memories.
I used one of those made for TV big ugly dishes to receive AO-40 since I got that dish for free. I was the az-el rotor via the Armstrong method. I ran a long wire for an extension speaker out by the dish. That way I could tune the beacon in the shack and trot out to maneuver az-el for the strongest sound.
Heck, if it wasn't too windy I didn't need to tighten the nut down on the bottom of the dish. I did keep a wrench back there with my speaker though. I left the dish pointing at that spot in the sky when the signal disappeared like a memorial ;-)
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org
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