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 orientation, and some passes are definitely better than others. The operations and engineering teams are also watching a few anomalies. Please keep an eye on the beacon during transponder ops, for those with spectrum 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.
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 Analog SSB/CW | |||
| Uplink LSB | 145.910 MHz | through | 145.940 MHz |
| Downlink USB | 435.810 MHz | through | 435.840 MHz |
| 1k2 BPSK telemetry 435.800 MHz. 1 mbps BPSK telemetry 24029.00 MHz. | |||
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President – Operations, for the above information]