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<H1>UNITEC-1 signal received!</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Signals have been received from the Amateur Radio satellite
<STRONG>UNITEC-1</STRONG> which is on its way to Venus.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>CW and FSK signals was received from UNITEC-1 at a
distance of 300,000 km</STRONG>, no other Amateur Radio satellite has traveled
this far before. It has some 50 million km to go before it reaches its
destination.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Japanese ground stations worked together to receive the
UNITEC-1 signal on the first pass over Japan on May 21 and they
report:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- Measured Frequency <STRONG>5839.91 MHz</STRONG> (Original
UNITEC-1 downlink frequency <STRONG>5840.000 MHz</STRONG>)<BR>- Problem:
<STRONG>big frequency variation QRH is measured during major and minor
downlink</STRONG> (wide-range recorder may be needed)<BR>- Orbital determination
downlink is easier to receive</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The latest news on UNITEC-1 is available at the Operation
Center website along with free software and a Ham Radio forum, see </FONT><A
href="http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Amateur Radio call for assistance for UNITEC-1 Venus-bound
satellite<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/unitec_1.htm" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/unitec_1.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Receiver for Interplanetary Amateur Radio Satellite
UNITEC-1<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/venus_satellite_receiver.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/<BR>venus_satellite_receiver.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that
is full of Amateur Satellite information.<BR>Join online at </FONT><A
href="https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A fully detailed description of the UNITEC-1 satellite and
its capabilities and data structure appeared in Oscar News No
188</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>