PCsat was launched on the Kodiak Star launch vehicle from
Kodiak Alaska at 02:40:02 UTC September 30, 2001.

I received the 9600bps and 1200bps signals from PCsat at 3 Oct.


[9600bps FSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
---------------------------------------------------------------
W3ADO-2>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:19:43z] (UI):
T#072,159,159,068,212,213,11111111,0011,1

W3ADO-2>APRS2 [03-Oct-01  06:20:15z] (UI):
:BLN2PCSAT:Spcl thanks to the worldwide launch monitoring team!
---------------------------------------------------------------


[9600bps FSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
---------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-12>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:24:35z] (UI):
T#206,124,120,131,116,213,11111111,1101,1

PCSAT-12>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  06:25:15z] (UI):
T#207,121,124,122,080,213,11111111,1110,1
---------------------------------------------------------------


[1200bps AFSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
---------------------------------------------------------------
W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:01:33z] (UI):
:302106z Sysop test no users please during on-orbit tests

W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:01:39z] (UI):
T#382,123,120,137,108,213,11111111,0001,1

W3ADO-1>APRS2 [03-Oct-01  08:01:42z] (UI):
:BLN2PCSAT:Spcl thanks to the worldwide launch monitoring team!
---------------------------------------------------------------


[1200bps AFSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
---------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-11>APRS3 [03-Oct-01  08:02:28z] (UI):
:BLN3PCSAT:We will be  testing GPS thru 3 Oct.
 All else is working Great

PCSAT-11>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:02:31z] (UI):
T#868,153,164,107,214,213,11111110,1111,1

PCSAT-11>BEACON,SGATE [03-Oct-01  08:03:07z] (UI):
:301220z sysop test no users please until ckout complete
---------------------------------------------------------------


Then I noticed that PCsat had the following two side callsigns.


 Side    : A         B
 Freq.   : 145.825   144.390
 ----------------------------
 1200bps : W3ADO-1   PCSAT-11 (AFSK)
 9600bps : W3ADO-2   PCSAT-12 (FSK)


But I confirmed today, 4 Oct, that the NEW callsign of the 9600bps
(145.825MHz A-side) was changed to "PCSAT-2" as follows.


PCSAT-2>BEACON,SGATE [04-Oct-01  07:29:13z] (UI):
:031938z OPS-Normal 2m rate. please.  Thanks

PCSAT-2>BEACON,SGATE [04-Oct-01  07:31:55z] (UI):
T#410,115,118,128,110,213,11111110,1101,1

PCSAT-2>BEACON,SGATE [04-Oct-01  07:39:13z] (UI):
:031938z OPS-Normal 2m rate. please.  Thanks

PCSAT-2>BEACON,SGATE [04-Oct-01  07:40:55z] (UI):
T#413,024,048,158,043,213,11111110,1100,1


I observed today, Oct 5, the following ALL callsigns of PCsat.


    Side    : A         B
    Freq.   : 145.825   144.390
    ----------------------------
    1200bps : PCSAT-1   PCSAT-11 (AFSK)
    9600bps : PCSAT-2   PCSAT-12 (FSK)


[9600bps FSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-12>APRS3 [05-Oct-01  00:01:39z] (UI):
:BLN3PCSAT:www.ew.usna.edu/pcsat   for details abt operating
--------------------------------------------------------------------


[9600bps FSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-2>APRS3 [05-Oct-01  07:06:30z] (UI):
:BLN3PCSAT:www.ew.usna.edu/pcsat   for details abt operating
--------------------------------------------------------------------


[1200bps AFSK, 144.390MHz B-side]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-11>APRS4 [05-Oct-01  07:07:51z] (UI):
:BLN4PCSAT:Format of a Bulletin  is designed to match TH-D7 display.
--------------------------------------------------------------------


[1200bps AFSK, 145.825MHz A-side]
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PCSAT-1>APRS2 [05-Oct-01  07:11:04z] (UI):
:BLN2PCSAT:Welcome to a new facet  of satelites for mobiles.
--------------------------------------------------------------------


See the following URL for a detailed information on the telemetry.

 http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html

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