ARLA/CLUSTER: FunCube Dongle

[João Gonçalves Costa]

 Bom dia,

Com a finalidade ajudar na divulgação/informação sobre o projecto Funcube reenvio-vos uma mensagem recebida do grupo Funcube @ yahoo <mailto:Funcube  yahoo>  que pelo seus meritórios objectivos merece ser do conhecimento de todos os radioamadores e educadores que se interessam em promover o radioamadorismo junto de escolas e de grupos de jovens de modo a captar o interesse desses cidadãos pelas tecnologias associadas à rádio e comunicações.

73s
Sílvio
ct1bpt

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De: funcube  yahoogroups.co.uk em nome de m0tfo
Enviada: qui 03-03-2011 7:49
Para: funcube  yahoogroups.co.uk
Assunto: [funcube] New members


  

I would just like to welcome all the new members to the FUNcube & Funcube dongle group.You can also follow us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/FUNcube/166466266717747 

and Twitter http://twitter.com/FUNcubeUK 

Information on the FUNcube project can be found here http://funcube.org.uk/ 

And the FUNcube Dongle here http://www.funcubedongle.com/  

AMSAT-UK is working on a new amateur satellite project – FUNcube – that features a 435 to 145 MHz Linear Transponder for SSB/CW operation. The project has received major initial funding from the Radio Communications Foundation (RCF) and is being developed in collaboration with ISIS-Innovative Solutions in Space BV.

FUNcube is an educational single CubeSat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics.

It will support the educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) initiatives and provide an additional resource for the GB4FUN Mobile Communications Centre.

The target audience consists of primary and secondary school pupils and FUNcube will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a strong signal for the pupils to receive.

A simple receiver board is also being developed. It is intended that this will be connected to the USB port of a laptop to display telemetry and messages in an interesting way.

The satellite will contain a materials science experiment, from which the school students can receive telemetry data which they can compare to the results they obtained from similar reference experiments in the classroom.

FUNcube is the first CubeSat designed to benefit this group and is expected to be the first UK CubeSat to reach space.

It is anticipated that FUNcube will be launched into a Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit about 600-700km above the earth using one of the many launch opportunities that exist for CubeSat missions. In such an orbit the satellite passes over Europe approximately 3 times in the morning, and 3 in the evening, every day, perhaps allowing the morning passes to be used for educational purposes and the evening passes for Amateur Radio communications.

FUNcube will carry a UHF to VHF linear transponder that will have approx 500mW PEP output and which can be used by Radio Amateurs worldwide for SSB and CW communications.

Measuring just 10cm x 10cm x 10cm, and with a mass of less than 1kg, it will be the smallest ever satellite to carry a linear transponder and the choice of frequencies will enable Radio Amateurs to use their existing VO-52, DO-64, HO68 and similar stations.

A key feature of the satellite is the absence of an over complicated, multi-faceted, multi- tasking On-Board Computer. For reliability and maximum power efficiency, the design has been kept as straight-forward as possible with satellite control being achieved using simple commands.

AMSAT-UK has more than 350 individual members and is one of more than 20 such groups worldwide. AMSAT-UK teams have provided hardware for more than 10 satellites over the past 35+ years including SSETI Express in 2005.

They are presently involved with the development of hardware and software for a number of satellite projects including the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO), P3E, ARISSat-1, the Columbus module on the ISS and also the GENSO Ground station network.

The Radio Communications Foundation is a Registered Charity (Number 1100694) set up in 2003 to fund efforts to bring the wonders of radio into the classrooms, universities and any other public place where hands on demonstration can influence understanding.

The RCF funding for FUNcube is made possible through the generous bequest from a "silent key" who wanted the hobby that he loved brought to the attention of others. Any one wanting to make a bequest in their Will so that their name can live on in the hobby, or anyone simply wanting to make a donation, should visit http://www.commsfoundation.org/  

FUNcube contact: Graham Shirville G3VZV email g.shirville at btinternet.com

If you wish to join AMSAT-UK please visit this link for quick and easy membership http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_9/Join-Amsat-UK.html?shop_param=cid%3D%26  

Rob M0TFO



Fonte: ct-comunicacoes-e-tecnologias  googlegroups.com Em nome de Sílvio Leiria