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

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