[HamSat] Echo Update 7-6-04

[KA8VIT]

Is there any soundcard software for telemetry collection
and decoding ?

73,

Bill  KA8VIT
ka8vit at ix.netcom.com

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On 7/6/2004 at 8:24 AM Timothy Pickett wrote:

>The first sets of  Whole Orbit Data (WOD) from the satellite have been
>collected and analysis is continuing.  Jim White, WD0E, says, "We have
>looked at the WOD collected after we adjusted the solar panel set point to
>what we determined would be close to the optimum point.  It resulted in
>nearly double the peak power input from the panels on the following
orbit."
>Currently the solar panels are producing nearly 20W peak, 16W average in
>the
>sun.  The WOD shows that ECHO's attitude motion is complex.  The torque
rod
>is
>clearly magnetized with the polarity that has the -Z down in the northern
>hemisphere.
>
>The Command Team would like to thank everyone that has sent in ECHO
>telemetry to date.  The data has already proven useful in the
commissioning
>effort.  A new web page is now available for submitting telemetry data.
The
>web page also includes options for retrieving and graphing archived
>telemetry data.  The new ECHO telemetry archive web page is
>http://www.coloradosatellite.com/echo
>
>The TlmEcho program has an updated coefficients file available and version
>1.03 will be available for downloading on 06 July 2004 from
>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/tlm_decode.php
>

Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
ka8vit at ix.netcom.com
www.qsl.net/ka8vit