I've been able to hear the CW beacons on several satellites, but been frustrated by the inability to copy the CW. I realized tonight the problem is that the FM handheld I'm using picks up the CW as "silence" and that the morse code "dits" and "dahs" are the silent beats between static, so I'm effectively hearing the opposite of normal Morse code. I was able to record some of the telemetry data from HO-68 as an audio file. Using Audacity, I copied and inverted the waveform to a separate track, then cut out the CW tone on one track and rendered both together to cancel the static. With the judicious application of filters and normalization, I can hear the CW and copy it proper: BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE TNT TTT... and so forth. This is obviously not an ideal way to listen to a CW beacon, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good portable 70 cm CW receiver for listening to the birds? My goal is to demonstrate to family/friends how easily these satellites can be heard. Tinfoil hat jokes asideā¦