Please see the IARU Frequency coordination request/status ...."Updated documentation received 03/08/2009. The group have been unable to change their hardware to use a coordinated frequency proposed by the panel. They will therefore operate on 436.750MHz under an experimental license from the FCC...."
Stefan, VE4NSA On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Ronald Cox <w9k...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > On Feb18th I visited 4 Labs at UC Boulder as a part of Lockheed-Martin's > Engineering Explorer Post program (www.engpost.org) that meets every > other Tuesday evening from September to May each year. I am sponsoring two > young men without fathers as members of this Post. What was interesting to > me and potentially other AMSAT members was that they are getting ready to > launch a satellite named DANDE that will transmit in the 430 MHz Amateur > Radio band using a "modified AX.25" packet radio protocol for the beacon > and data. In the control room I saw the TS-2000 they are using for > communications. The control room and all other activites for this satellite > are located in the Colorado Space Grant Labs on the University of > Colorado's Bolder Campus in the Discovery Learning Center. It is my > understanding that a launch of this satellite could be as early as next > month (March) as the hardware is now through testing and being prepared for > launch on an experimental Orbital-Science vehicle. ! > I was told that the orbit would be very elliptical and that the DANDE was > designed for low earth orbit, but this orbit will take it through the Van > Allen belts, so the DANDE could have a more limited life as a result. > > For more info on DANDE I recommend the following sites: > > http://dande.colorado.edu/files/DANDE_AGU_POSTER.PNG > > http://dande.colorado.edu/files/pilinski_CEDAR_poster_2008_v4pr2.pdf > > http://spacegrant.colorado.edu > > http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dande > > http://www.ofcm.gov/nswp-sp/pdf/NSWP-SP-1995-scan.pdf > > http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/dande-mission > > Ron, W9KFB AMSAT LM-0185 > Greenwood Village, CO > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
