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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FOUR CUBESATS DEPLOYED FROM ISS
Radio amateurs around the world have been listening for
signals from the four new amateur radio CubeSats that were
deployed from the International Space Station on Thursday,
October 4th.
FITSat-1 has a CW beacon on 437.250MHz, 1200 bps AX.25
packet radio on 437.445MHz and a high-speed data transmitter
on 5840.0MHz.
F-1 has the callsign is XV1VN and the communications
subsystem is built around two Yaesu VX-3R amateur radio
handheld transceivers. One will transmit 1200 bps packet
radio every 30 seconds on 145.980MHz while in darkness. The
other will operate only in sunlight sending a 20 second FM
transmission of a CW tone on 437.485MHz followed by a 60
second gap.
TechEdSat carries a 1200 bps packet radio transmitter on
437.465MHz.
WE-WISH transmits CW and 1200 bps packet radio on
437.505MHz. Due to the effects of Doppler shift the 70cm
downlink frequencies will vary by +/- 10 kHz during an 8
minute pass.
Each could have a life-time of 4 or 5 months before they
burn-up on reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
(AMSAT, GB2RS)
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