Yes, that is certainly nice that they included those payloads as a favor!
Another thing is that some of the ISIS transceivers used in many of the CubeSats that are on the drawing board or have been launched use the ISIS transceiver that includes a loopback mode, which can be used as a single channel transponder. It'd be great if a few of them could turn on the loopback mode and open them up for use by the amateur community when they complete their missions.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 3:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Trevor.
Thanks for all the info on two more transponders, one linear and one FM due for launch in June
I thought this comment from the owners was really nice:
"and an amateur radio payload provided by the AMSAT-NL and AMSAT-FR. These last payloads serve as a return favour to the satellite radio amateur community for the fact that the QB50 main mission can use the amateur bands during the full flight in 2016."
Just goes to show that use of amateur frequencies can have substantial benefits.
73
David
-----Original Message----- From: M5AKA [email protected] To: AMSAT BB [email protected] Sent: Sun, 4 May 2014 19:37 Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50p1 (FUNcube-3) QB50p2 delivered + Tim Peake now KG5BVI
Two QB50 satellites with ham radio payloads delivered http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/04/two-qb50-satellites-with-ham-radio-payloads-d...
Astronaut Tim Peake is now KG5BVI http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/04/tim-peake-is-now-kg5bvi/
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