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* Huskysat-1 Transponder is Open
SB SAT @ AMSAT
$ANS-131.02
ANS-131b AMSAT News Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service
Bulletin 131.02
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2020-May-10
To All
RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-131.02
Huskysat-1 Transponder is
Open
After a week of testing, the transponder on HuskySat-1 is enabled
and
open for use and testing. It’s fairly sensitive, and 5-10 watts
is
plenty most of the time. There are some fades due to satellite
orien-
tation, and some passes are definitely better than others. The
opera-
tions and engineering teams are also watching a few anomalies.
Please
keep an eye on the beacon during transponder ops, for those with
spec-
trum scopes. Strong signals may impact the beacon
strength.
HuskySat-1 is the Husky Satellite Lab at University of
Washington’s
first cubesat, and the first mission with AMSAT’s linear
transponder
module (LTM-1), a V/u transponder and integrated telemetry beacon
and
command receiver. UW recently completed their Part 5 operations
and
have graciously let AMSAT’s Part 97 transponder operations
commence.
This transponder module is available for use in educational
cubesat
missions willing to enable the transponder for worldwide use.
Contact
myself or VP Engineering Jerry Buxton for additional
details.
Reports and observations are welcome to the amsat-bb mailing
list.
Congratulations to Husky Satellite Lab, and to the entire
AMSAT
Engineering team for keeping amateur radio in space. Thanks to
Dr.
Mark Hammond, N8MH for commissioning and operations support.
73,
Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
HuskySat-1 V/u inverting
transponder, 145.910 to 145.940 uplink, 435.810
to 435.840 downlink,
telemetry beacon 1200 baud BPSK at
435.800
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73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in
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This week's ANS Editor, Mark D. Johns, K0JM
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