John,
The December 1974 issue of the AMSAT Newsletter covered AO-7 telemetry fairly
in depth. Included was a description on reading the telemetry followed by a
telemetry conversion table.
You can find the issue in Phil Karn's archive
http://www.ka9q.net/AMSAT-Newsletter-1974.pdf
The article begins at about page 100 of the PDF
EMike
EMike McCardel, KC8YLD
VP for Educational Relations AMSAT-NA
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> On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:26 PM, John Papay wrote:
>
> It is very rare to hear clear CW from the AO-7B
> telemetry beacon around 145.972. Most of the time
> there is no beacon at all. Sometimes there is
> jibberish. Usually the signal is very weak.
>
> With AO-7 going through eclipse on every orbit, the
> satellite can come out of eclipse in different modes/
> options. Recently there have been times where the
> beacon has transmitted clear CW over North America,
> something I have not heard over the years.
>
> According to the DK3WN website, there was some cw
> telemetry back in 2002 when the satellite was discovered
> to be working again. And there was some discussion about
> what is valid data based on the last 3 digits sent in the
> 24 group block of data. If the value is 649, 650, or 651,
> the data is likely valid.
>
> I first heard the image of the cw signal around 958. It was
> so loud I thought it was a valid user at first. But since
> the cw was all numbers I tuned up to the beacon frequency and
> there the signal was louder than anything I have ever heard
> on AO-7. It took a while for me to get the recorder running
> but I managed to capture some data. After playing it back I
> found that there was only one block of data where the last
> group was valid, a 649. Other later transmissions were loud
> but the data was much different and the last group was not
> correct.
>
> I couldn't locate a telemetry calculator at first so I decided to
> build one on Excel using the formulae provided by DK3WN. The
> data follows:
>
> AO-7B Telemetry 24July2014 2318UTC
> POS ParameterRange Raw Real
>
> 1A Total Solar Array Current 0-3000ma 171 2094.5ma
> 1B +X Solar Panel Current 0-2000ma 193 110ma
> 1C -X Solar Panel Current 0-2000ma 157 830ma
> 1D +Y Solar Panel Current 0-2000ma 108 1810ma
> 2A -Y Solar Panel Current 0-2000ma 286 250ma
> 2B RF Power Out 70/2 0-8watts 204 7.3728W
> 2C 24 Hour Clock Time 0-1440min 201 15.16min
> 2D Batt Ch/Discharge Current-2000/+2000 207 -1720ma
> 3A Batt Voltage 6.5-16.4 361 12.7V
> 3B Half Batt Voltage 0-10v 397 9.7V
> 3C Batt Charge Reg #1 0-15v 340 6V
> 3D Batt Temperature -30 to +50C 300 95.8C
> 4A Baseplate Temperature-30 to +50C 446 27.72C
> 4B PA Temperature 2/10 -30 to +50C 401 94.32C
> 4C +X Face Temperature -30 to +50C 430 51.4C
> 4D +Z Face Temperature -30 to +50C 498 -49.24C
> 5A PA Temp 70/2 -30 to +50C 545 29.2C
> 5B PA Emitter Current 2/100-1167ma 502 92.84MA
> 5C Module Temp 70/2 -30 to +50C 543 32.16C
> 5D Inst. SW Regulator 0-93ma527 33.14MA
> 6A RF Power Out 2/10 0-10,000mw 606 23.076MW
> 6B RF Power Out 435 0-1000mw 643 219.9MW
> 6C RF Power Out 2304 0-100mw 679 255.881MW
> 6D Midrange Telemetry Cal 0-.5v 649 0.49
>
> There are some values which are obviously not correct.
> Some sensors might not be working properly since some
> values are out of range. However, the solar panel numbers
> might be somewhat correct. I wouldn't doubt it if the
> transmitter was putting out 7 watts at the time.
>
> Perhaps there are those who are familiar with the AO-7
> telemetry that can make some sense out of the data.
> Unfortunately we don't have multiple blocks of good data
> to compare readings. Maybe some have recorded recent CW
> data and can find some good blocks that can be shared here.
>
> The data was copied on my Arizona remote and Skype was being
> used to listen. But I am fairly confident that the cw copied
> is correct.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
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