Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space
Students at the Tama Art University are planning to send a sculpture ARTSAT2 DESPATCH along with a 435 MHz amateur radio payload into deep space.
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/
---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----
No solar cells = very short life. It certainly won't still be transmitting when it reaches 3 million kilometers. It also appears not to have a shutdown command receiver, which I thought was required of ALL satellites with downlink transmitters...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "M5AKA" [email protected] To: "AMSAT BB" [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space
Students at the Tama Art University are planning to send a sculpture ARTSAT2 DESPATCH along with a 435 MHz amateur radio payload into deep space.
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/
73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
I think the battery only theory is the shut down. Robert WB5MZO
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On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:35 AM, "George Henry" [email protected] wrote:
No solar cells = very short life. It certainly won't still be transmitting when it reaches 3 million kilometers. It also appears not to have a shutdown command receiver, which I thought was required of ALL satellites with downlink transmitters...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "M5AKA" [email protected] To: "AMSAT BB" [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 3:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Art and Ham Radio in Deep Space
Students at the Tama Art University are planning to send a sculpture ARTSAT2 DESPATCH along with a 435 MHz amateur radio payload into deep space.
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/
73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
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