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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FITSAT-1 5840.0 MHz downlink received<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This video by radio amateur Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW shows reception in Japan of the 5840.0 MHz downlink from the FITSAT-1 (aka NIWAKA) CubeSat that was deployed from the ISS on October 4 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>He used a 38cm dish with a down-converter to an IF of 1284 MHz, a BGA2717 LNA and the AMSAT-UK FUNCube Dongle SDR with HDSDR software.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Watch the pass at 2012-10-18 06:55 UT from grid square PM97NM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqDg12kHJ6U<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FITSAT-1 Update http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FITSAT-1 was one of five CubeSats deployed from the International Space Station on October 4, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/?page_id=10967<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The FUNcube Dongle (FCD) Software Defined Radio (SDR) was originally developed for educational outreach as part of the ground segment for the FUNcube satellite. A proportion of the sales of the FCD goes to support AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube satellite.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>You can join the FUNcube Yahoo Group by following these steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Send a blank email to funcube-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Yahoo will send you an email in response, you may need to check your SPAM folder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Click on the link in the email, this will bring up a Yahoo page in your browser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• On the Yahoo page ignore the big Join link in the middle and click on the link at the bottom of the page instead, it says: “As an alternate option, you may join the mailing list instead.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• You should then be a member of the group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Some of the SDR decoding programs available include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• SDR Sharp (SDR#) http://sdrsharp.com/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• SDR-Radio http://www.sdr-radio.com/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• HDSDR http://www.hdsdr.de/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FUNcube Dongle Pro+ LF/MF/HF/VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio Video http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10573<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>