Thanks to the Jan, PE0SAT <http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/>, for pointing out that AAUSAT3 has a CW beacon on 437.425MHZ and was directly north during the pass of CUSat Sunday night. I went back in time on my satellite tracking program (Linux) and sure enough the cubesat launched in February pumping out 1W CW was there! As you can see in the lower left “radar” display, AAUSAT3 and CUSat were close enough for my handheld antenna to easily pick both up.
AAUSAT3 Radio Information http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Ham.HAMAndRadioInfo Correct CW Decoding of Sunday’s Pass: OZ3CUB B7.4 T34 (EOM) Which meant that the battery voltage was 7.4V and temperature was 34C. Simple but fun! *GPredict Pass Screenshot:* http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10294137536/ Bryce Salmi KB1LQC _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
