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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