Monthly Archives: April 2013

Hi All, Today, Delfi-C3 is still going strong after 5 years in orbit. Yesterday night, Gerard Aalbers and myself were decoding her from the Stena Line ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. Afterwards, we uploaded the packets received to … Continue reading →

I just received The TurkSat CW beacon and some TX that looks like 9k6 from CubeBug-1.My TNC was set to 1200bd, and I did not have recording on the second RX. CW Message as decoded by Wouter Jan PE4WJ: TURKSAT … Continue reading →

I have decoded some PhoneSat packets. The PhoneSats were ejected from an ISIPOD, which is made by my employer ISIS. KJ6KRW-1>CQ,TCPIP:ÿ63$uc!’17nZC.”*J]=m)LiBK’Ga1nhnGX:SE!5XqN!(#`Izzzzzzzz!,,q[Ci:G.Ec5e;FD,5.@CQ,TELEM:ÿ5l^lb!A]!#!l,h`u:S-UX&+)+0O`C;&LPiBJ=G$GWUpLr”98!5[NB!5])Yzzzzzzzz!,,q[Ci:G.Ec5e;FD,5.@CQ,TELEM:ÿ5l^lb!

Nice and solid signal from STRATODEAN. It reached abt. 25km altitude before burst. Find more info here: http://www.stratodean.co.uk/ Somewhere over there…. The payload was recovered later today! Congrats to Mark and Cassie  

No antennas on the roof, so I need to go out to listen to the AMSAT-UK 80m and 40m net. While at it, it was very nice weather. so I stuck around and made some HF QSOs.  

Tracking High Altitude Balloons is FUN! But you need to have a decent position to receive the signals. Normally, when at work or at the Delfi-C3 ground station, I have full tracking yagi’s available. But at home I am still … Continue reading →

You have got to use something to get rid of the energy….

During testing, I switched FUNcube to safe mode and watched the bus current go down. Recommended display is big :)

Luckily the power supply range is wide!