[amsat-bb] Listening to Funcube with RTL-SDR

2013-11-24 Thread Jason Charles
All, I posted an inexpensive way to listen and decode the Funcube telemetry with the cheap RTL-SDR dongle. This can apply to almost any satellite too. What makes this setup unique is the ability for SDR-Radio (v2) to listen to Wide Upper Side Band and the Funcube dongle to Autotune. Between the

[amsat-bb] Re: Listening to Funcube with RTL-SDR

2013-11-24 Thread Jason Charles
Here is the link: http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=579 :) On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Jason Charles jasontchar...@gmail.com wrote: All, I posted an inexpensive way to listen and decode the Funcube telemetry with the cheap RTL-SDR dongle. This can apply to almost any satellite too. What makes

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Telemetry Decoding video

2011-08-15 Thread Jason Charles
I created a video demonstration of the telemetry decoding session for the 16 August 2011 0034 UTC North American pass. Two frames of both telemetry and the Kursk experiment were decoded. For those that are interested. http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=121 73 Jason N4JTC

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 BPSK Telemetry decoded

2011-08-06 Thread Jason Charles
I finally successfully decoded the BPSK telemetry!! On a 15 degree Max El pass at that! I wrote up a post that will hopefully help others if they decide to try it. The audio is also available in the post so you can hear what it sounded like during the pass. http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=85 This is a

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Reckless deployment

2011-08-03 Thread Jason Charles
I second and third that this was a reckless deployment. They even lost a wing nut during the laser communication installation! The tone was oh well, it's gone now. Blog post with video of the final deployment and a few pictures of damage: http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=60 73 N4JTC

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Audio Live

2011-07-31 Thread Jason Charles
I will be streaming the 145.920 SSB audio live on Ustream for the North America 0630 UTC Pass. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/arissat-1-audio-from-florida FM and SSB recordings will be available at www.n4jtc.com if the pass was recorded successfully. 73 Jason N4JTC