diff --git a/afsk/ax25.c b/afsk/ax25.c
index 66588ed4..8b42ca90 100644
--- a/afsk/ax25.c
+++ b/afsk/ax25.c
@@ -93,15 +93,28 @@ int ax25_tx_frame(ax25_conf_t *hax25, ax5043_conf_t *hax,
     memcpy(__tx_buffer + hax25->addr_field_len, payload, len);
         
         printf("\n");
+
+    char post_data[512];
+    char hex_data[118];
+    char hex_octet[4];
     time_t t = time(NULL);
     struct tm tm = *localtime(&t);
+    memset(post_data,0,strlen(post_data));
+    memset(hex_data,0,strlen(hex_data));
+     printf("1:%s\n",post_data);
 
-     printf("curl --data \"noradID=99999&source=KU2Y&timestamp=%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d.500Z&frame=", tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour + 4, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
     int jj;
     for(jj = 0; jj < 118; jj++) {
-        printf("%02x",__tx_buffer[jj]);
+        sprintf(hex_octet, "%02x",__tx_buffer[jj]);
+        strcat(hex_data, hex_octet); 
     }
-    printf("&locator=longLat&longitude=75.3492W&latitude=40.0376N&&azimuth=360&elevation=90.0\" https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/\n\n");
+    memset(post_data,0,strlen(post_data));
+     printf("2:%s\n",post_data);
+
+    //sprintf(post_data,"curl --data \"noradID=99999&source=KU2Y&timestamp=%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d.500Z&frame=%s&locator=longLat&longitude=75.3492W&latitude=40.0376N&&azimuth=360&elevation=90.0\" https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/", tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour + 4, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec, hex_data);
+    sprintf(post_data,"noradID=99999&source=KU2Y&timestamp=%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d.500Z&frame=%s&locator=longLat&longitude=75.3492W&latitude=40.0376N&&azimuth=360&elevation=90.0", tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour + 4, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec, hex_data);
+    //printf("%s&locator=longLat&longitude=75.3492W&latitude=40.0376N&&azimuth=360&elevation=90.0\" https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/\n\n", hex_data);
+     printf("3:%s\n",post_data);
 
      CURL *curl;
   CURLcode res;
@@ -110,6 +123,12 @@ int ax25_tx_frame(ax25_conf_t *hax25, ax5043_conf_t *hax,
   if(curl) {
     //curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://db.satnogs.org/api/telemetry/");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, post_data);
+ 
+    /* if we don't provide POSTFIELDSIZE, libcurl will strlen() by
+       itself */ 
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, (long)strlen(post_data));
+
     /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */ 
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);