S2-beacon from AO-40


Equipment:
                                2400(Loop 29ele)
                                    (MAKI)
                   430(Yagi) --/--    o       --/-- 144(Qubical_Quad)
                   WHS-32N  --/--    o       --/--      ZQ-81H(LAMDA)
                  (MASPRO) --/--    o       --/--
                          --/--    o       --/--
        Rotator(KR400,500) |       |        |
               (KENPRO)    |       @ Conv.  |
                           |       |(DRAKE) |
        CS500 +-+-+         =======|========        +============+
        CX232 +-+-+                |                ||          ||  +---+
  +-+         |   +----------------|                ||          ||  |---|
  | |   +------+                   |                ||          ||  |---|
  +-+---|      |        +----------------+          ||          ||  |---|
  HDD   +------+        |  [   ]     [ ] |          +============+  |HDD|
       /      //        |       O    o o |                ||      --|   |
      +------+          +----------------+            - - - - -   | +---+
     98NOTE-nv            TS-790S  |                  IBM DOS/V   |
      (NEC)              (KENWOOD) |                 (486DX2/66)  |
                                   |                              |
                                   |     +------+                 |
                                   #-----|TNC31S|-----#------------
                                   |     +------+     |  RS-232C
                                   |     (SYMEK)      |
                                   |                  |
                                 +---+   +------+     |
                                 +---+---|TNC241|------
                                TMB-965  +------+
                                         (TASCO)


[23 Jan 2001]

I could receive and decode AO-40 S2-beacon at today 23 Jan 2001.

 29el.Loop + Pre.Amp + Down Converter + TS790
(Maki Ele.) (GR-2400)  (Drake 2880)    (KENWOOD)


                       2400(29el_loop)

                 --/--     o     --/--
                --/--     o     --/--
    430(Yagi)  --/--     o     --/-- 144(Qubical_Quad)
              --/--     o     --/--
                |______ |_______|
                |       |       |
                        @(Amp)
                        |
                        *(Drake)
                        |
                        |
                        |(10D-FB)
                        |
                        |
                     +-----+
                     |TS790|
                     +-----+


Refer. [1] http://www.millicom.co.jp/
       [2] http://www.din.or.jp/~m-arai/sband/convmod.htm
       [3] http://plaza16.mbn.or.jp/~palau/ham-modes.html


AO-40 at 23 Jan 2001

     JST    MHz(USB)   MA   El/Azm   Range
   14:25   2401.331   251   26/156   6600 km
   14:28   2401.323   252   19/147   6200
   14:30   2401.317   253    0/132   6000 ... LOS

________________________________________________________________

 WPSKDEC 1.1d- AMSAT-FRANCE Registred to JE9PEL

## AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display - OE1KIB, OE1VKW, F1HDD, XTOPHE ##
A  HI, .......
________________________ Orbit data ____________________________
AMSAT day 07282  Time 238:190:175.04 UTC  Orbit No 04905  Phase 166
________________________ Status ________________________________
RX: 24 MHz(0xf0dB V S1 Leila1 Leila2) U(65.4dB V S1 X S2/Ku Leila1 Leil
a2) L1(10.0dB V U S1 X S2/Ku Leila1) L2(-4.3dB V U Leila2) S2(213.8dB V
 U S1 X Leila1) C(213.8dB V U S1 X Leila1) 
TX: V(0x42W 21/24 MHz U L1 L2 S1 S2/C Rudak1 Rudak2 Leila1 Leila2 GB MB)
 U-low(0x29W L1 L2 S1 S2/C Rudak1 Rudak2 Leila2 GB MB) S2(0x56W V U L1 
S1 Leila1 Leila2) X(0x 0W U L1 S1 S2/C Rudak1 GB MB EB) 
Beacons: GB(PSK; V U S1 X Leila1 Leila2) MB(No PSK; V U S1 X Leila2)
Ant/Pre-amps: V-Rx=hi V-Tx=om U-Rx=hi U-Tx=om
Experiments: IHU-2 ARU B-Cam
Main battery on; Aux heater on; Memory soft error count: 4
________________________ Temperatures [-C] _____________________
 SolPan1  -34.1  SolPan2   -2.5  SolPan3   -2.5  SolPan4  -55.9
 SolPan5   81.2  SolPan6  -33.5
 BCR1      19.3  BCR2       7.4  BCR3     -44.0
 MainBatB2 24.5  MainBatB4 98.3  MainBatB6-34.1
 AuxBatB1  61.4  AuxBatB5  93.1
 V-TX      -2.5  U-Excit   62.1  U-Amp      0.2  S1-TX    -63.8
 S2-TX    -66.4  X-TX      55.1  X-TX TWT  39.0
 U&V-RX    82.5  L1-RX     60.1  L2-RX    -54.5  S1-HF RX  19.3
 S2-C RX   72.0  IHU      -68.4  SEU      -44.0  EPU       60.8
 HP1+X-Y   42.3  HP2+X+Y  -23.6  HP2+X-Y  -49.3  HP2-X     91.8
 HP3+X    -12.4  HP3-X    -11.7  HP4+X+Y   27.8
 NH3 B2   -44.0  MMH B3   -12.4  N2O4-X-Y  30.5  N2O4+X+Y  34.4
 He Tank   -3.8
 Top       48.3  Bottom    82.5  Back      79.9  Side2Pan  17.3
 Side4Pan -22.3  S ant      8.7
________________________ Voltages [V] __________________________
 Main-Bat   4.2  Aux-Bat    1.8
 BCR1-In   36.8  BCR2-In   17.5    BCR3-In   23.6
 28V Bus   32.9  10V-C1BCR2  15.2  10V-C2BCR3  12.7
________________________ Currents [mA] _________________________
 SP1-BCR1   710  SP4-BCR2  3853  SP2-BCR3 20280
 SP6-BCR1  3448  SP5-BCR2  3042  SP3-BCR3  9937
 10V-C1BCR2   575  10V-C2BCR3   163  28V-SSEU 0x15
 28V-Bat  22704  28VU1EPU  6918  28VU2Bus   246
 28VU3-S   5008  28V-BCR  15731
 28VS-PA/M -290  10VS-PA/M 0xb1  X-Helix     13 K-Tx      0x15
________________________ Sun/Earth Sensors _____________________
Sensor mode: spin
 SS1 PLL: not locked  SpinRate[rpm]   0.4
 SS Z-25     5-  SS Y-25    -6-  SS Up-X     7-  SS Up-Y     9-
 SS Z-45    -2-  SS Y-45     0-  SS Dwn-X    9-  SS Dwn-Y   65-
________________________ Magnetorquer __________________________
 Magnet system is on;
 Desired magnet vector angle (256): 7
 Current polarity: Arm 1: -  Arm 2: +  Arm 3: +
________________________ Momentum Wheels _______________________
 Wheel no. power on (speed):1(195.147449 rpm),
________________________ Arcjet Motor __________________________
EPU power ON   Tank Pressure 39Bar  Motor Pressure 76Bar
 Motor Current  10.9A  Motor Voltage -215.4V  Flow 0xa3
________________________ 400 N Motor ___________________________
LIU power ON
Motor valve: closed  High pressure: 38Bar Low pressure: 3Bar
###### AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display --- End of A/E Block ######
  
 CRC NOT VALID e6a6 instead a0ee  
________________________________________________________________


[27 Jan 2001]

I heard again AO-40 S2-beacon just before LOS at today, 27 Jan.

  29el.Loop + Pre.Amp + Down Converter + TS790
 (Maki Ele.) (GR-2400)  (Drake 2880)    (KENWOOD)


  AO-40  JST     UTC      MHz(USB)     MA    El/Azm   Range
         12:47   03:47    2401.343    249    27/141    8700
         12:48   03:48    2401.342    250    26/139    8500
         12:49   03:49    2401.340    250    24/137    8300
         12:50   03:50    2401.339    250    22/136    8200
         12:51   03:51    2401.338    250    20/135    8000
         12:52   03:52    2401.336    250    17/132    7900
         12:53   03:53    2401.334    251    15/130    7800
         12:54   03:54    2401.332    251    12/128    7700
         12:55   03:55    2401.329    251    10/127    7600
         12:56   03:56    2401.326    251     7/125    7500
         12:57   03:57    2401.324    252     4/123    7450
         12:58   03:58    2401.322    252     1/121    7400 ... LOS


[28 Jan 2001]

I heard again AO-40 S2-beacon after AOS at today, Jan 28,
and I could record a gif-image with FFTDSP. You will look
at the two hills of the 400bps signal spectrum.

  http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fft_disp.htm


  AO-40   JST    UTC      MHz(USB)     MA    El/Azm   Range
          9:25   00:25    2401.2954    17     3/254   22603
          9:26   00:26    2401.2954    17     3/254   22801
          9:27   00:27    2401.2955    17     4/254   22998
          9:28   00:28    2401.2955    17     4/254   23195
          9:29   00:29    2401.2955    18     4/254   23391
          9:30   00:30    2401.2955    18     4/253   23587
          9:31   00:31    2401.2956    18     5/253   23783
          9:32   00:32    2401.2956    18     5/253   23978
          9:33   00:33    2401.2957    18     5/253   24173
          9:34   00:34    2401.2957    19     5/253   24367
          9:35   00:35    2401.2957    19     6/253   24561
          9:36   00:36    2401.2958    19     6/253   24775
          9:37   00:37    2401.2958    19     6/253   24948
          9:38   00:38    2401.2958    20     6/253   25141


The frequency above was observed actually at 0025-0038UTC,
and the range was calculated by using WinTrak(Ver 3.50).

  29el.Loop + Pre.Amp + Down Converter + TS790
 (Maki Ele.) (GR-2400)  (Drake 2880)    (KENWOOD)


[30 Jan 2001]

I observed accurately AO-40 S2-beacon at 30 Jan 2001,
and the range was calculated with WinTrak(Ver 3.50) .


   JST    UTC     MHz(USB)   RS   MA    El/Azm   Range
   16:37  07:37   2401.358   52   252   18/212   6235
   16:38  07:38   2401.355   53   252   17/209   5944
   16:39  07:39   2401.351   53   252   16/205   5667
   16:40  07:40   2401.348   54   253   15/201   5406
   16:41  07:41   2401.344   54   253   14/196   5167
   16:42  07:42   2401.340   55   253   12/192   4955
   16:43  07:43   2401.333   55   253   10/186   4774
   16:44  07:44   2401.326   56   254    8/181   4631
   16:45  07:45   2401.???   56   254    5/175   4533
                       LOS


[31 Jan 2001]

Today's RS was a weak signal. (See URL above.)

   JST    UTC     MHz(USB)   RS   MA    El/Azm   Range
   11:11  02:11   2401.349   21   247   27/128   11905
   11:19  02:19   2401.341   32   249   17/121   10410
   11:20  02:20   2401.340   33   249   15/120   10248
   11:21  02:21   2401.339   34   250   13/119   10092
   11:22  02:22   2401.338   44   250   12/118    9945
   11:23  02:23   2401.336   45   250   10/117    9806
   11:24  02:24   2401.334   45   250    8/116    9677
   11:25  02:25   2401.332   46   250    6/115    9558
     LOS


[11 Feb 2001]

   JST     UTC     MHz(USB)    RS   MA    El/Azm   Range
   11:49   02:49   2401.3530   21   247   40/156   11183
   11:51   02:51   2401.3525   21   247   39/154   10953
   11:53   02:53   2401.3520   22   248   37/152   10500
   11:55   02:55   2401.3510   22   248   35/149   10059
   11:57   02:57   2401.3495   22   249   33/146    9633
   11:59   02:59   2401.3475   33   249   30/143    9228
   12:01   03:01   2401.3455   33   249   27/140    8848
   12:03   03:03   2401.3425   33   250   23/137    8501
   12:05   03:05   2401.3390   33   250   19/134    8195
   12:07   03:07   2401.3350   44   251   14/130    7939
   12:09   03:09   2401.3305   44   251    9/127    7743
   12:11   03:11   2401.3245   45   252    4/123    7617
   LOS


[19 Apr 2001]

AO-40 is transmitting S2 beacon such as the following one block of 
the "CRC VALID" captured with WDECPSK program.

  WPSKDEC 1.2b - AMSAT-FRANCE Registred to JE9PEL
 ## AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display - OE1KIB, OE1VKW, F1HDD, XTOPHE ##
 A  HI, THIS IS AMSAT OSCAR-40       2001-04-19  01:40:35  #00D5 
 +--------------------------------------------------------------+
 |      All beacons will be OFF from MA = 3 to MA = 80          |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------+
 ________________________ Orbit data ____________________________
 AMSAT day 08509  Time 01:40:35.32 UTC  Orbit No 00214  Phase 247
 ________________________ Status ________________________________
 RX: U(10.6dB) L1(2.8dB) 
 TX: S2(0x6aW MB) 
 Beacons: GB(PSK;) MB(EB source; S2/Ku)
 Ant/Pre-amps: V-Rx=hi V-Tx=om U-Rx=hi U-Tx=om L-hi+preamp
 Experiments:
 Main battery on; Memory soft error count: 3
 ________________________ Temperatures [.C] _____________________
  SolPan1  -22.3  SolPan2  -17.6  SolPan3  -17.6  SolPan4  -18.3
  SolPan5  -17.6  SolPan6  -20.9
  BCR1       8.1  BCR2      17.3  BCR3      14.0
  MainBatB2 35.1  MainBatB4 97.7  MainBatB6-22.3
  AuxBatB1  39.0  AuxBatB5  19.9
  V-TX      16.6  U-Excit   13.3  U-Amp     20.6  S1-TX     10.0
  S2-TX     13.3  X-TX      86.5  X-TX TWT  88.5
  U&V-RX     6.7  L1-RX      8.7  L2-RX     13.3  S1-HF RX  13.3
  S2-C RX   14.7  IHU        4.1  SEU        2.8  EPU       17.9
  HP1+X-Y   20.6  HP2+X+Y   17.9  HP2+X-Y   17.9  HP2-X     97.7
  HP3+X     12.7  HP3-X     12.7  HP4+X+Y    9.4
  NH3 B2    37.1  MMH B3    16.0  N2O4-X-Y  97.7  N2O4+X+Y  15.3
  He Tank   97.7
  Top       97.7  Bottom    97.7  Back      97.7  Side2Pan  -0.5
  Side4Pan  -2.5  S ant      1.5
 ________________________ Voltages [V] __________________________
  Main-Bat  27.5  Aux-Bat   24.4
  BCR1-In   27.2  BCR2-In   18.6    BCR3-In   23.3
  28V Bus   27.2  10V-C1BCR2  10.6  10V-C2BCR3  10.6
 ________________________ Currents [mA] _________________________
  SP1-BCR1 16427  SP4-BCR2 16427  SP2-BCR3 16427
  SP6-BCR1 16427  SP5-BCR2 16427  SP3-BCR3 16427
  10V-C1BCR2  2038  10V-C2BCR3  2038  28V-SSEU 0x9c
  28V-Bat   -432  28VU1EPU    -1  28VU2Bus  2807
  28VU3-S    558  28V-BCR   2112
  28VS-PA/M 4944  10VS-PA/M 0xa5  X-Helix      3 K-Tx      0x83
 ________________________ Sun/Earth Sensors _____________________
 Sensor mode: spin
  SS1 PLL: locked  SS2 count: 242  SpinRate[rpm]   0.9
  SS Z-25    -4.  SS Y-25    -4.  SS Up-X     8.  SS Up-Y     0.
  SS Z-45    -6.  SS Y-45    -6.  SS Dwn-X   85.  SS Dwn-Y   32.
 ###### AO-40 IHU-1 Telemetry Display --- End of A/E Block ######
   
  CRC VALID : 9c0f  


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