Testing Payload Board has bad Transmissions

[GMW1988]

When I test board through the Pico with cable I am able to get information from both the MPU6050 and BMP280. So this indicates I get information from my sensors.

However, with the Payload Board I have been able to get it work a few times and when I have been able to get packet information the transmission has been a nice and short and it decodes it.
However, most of the time when I preform the Payload Test I do not get a good transmission. From the boot up I can hear the CW call sign being transmitted over the radio and on the Ground Station and next the Cubesatsim will reboot and the packets will be transmitted if everything works correctly. It should be a short signal; however, with my Cubesatsim I get packet sounds on the radio but the transmission is way too long and the bad information can't be decoded on the Ground Station. Clearly, there is a problem not with the information but with the sending of information. I have tried changing the software for the Pi Zero a number of times and that has not changed anything. Here some photos of board and extra long and bad transmission.

I am thinking it may had done some bad soldering work. I tried improving my solder joints but still there is something not working.
Gregory

[GMW1988]

I was able to get the Ground Station to receive the signal and I am getting a clear good packet signal from my Cubesatsim. Photo attached. I am thinking I was getting radio signal interference. I have large tv antenna on the deck very near where I put my Ground Station. I am also near the garage door opener and it has interfered with my Ham radio communications with complete interference for brief times. Also, I am in a condo so there may have been other interference neighbors. It is working!!!

[alanbjohnston]

Hi Gregory,

it looks like you have Mode 1 APRS working perfectly!

You can test out the other modes by selecting that mode in the CubeSatSim and running the right decoder on your Ground Station. Here is a table of the modes from the Quick Start Guide

from https://cubesatsim.org/download/cubesatsim-qsg.pdf

Here is a Raspberry Pi Ground Station Quick Start Guide that shows how to decode all the modes: https://cubesatsim.org/download/groundstation-qsg.pdf

Good luck with your testing!

Alan