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<h1>$50SAT designated Morehead-OSCAR-76</h1>
<p>The $50SAT team have applied for and been designated an OSCAR number for their PocketQube satellite - <strong>Morehead-OSCAR-76</strong>, or MO-76 <br><br><strong>$50SAT</strong> is one of the smallest amateur radio satellites ever launched at 5x5x7.5 cm and weighs only 210 grams. Transmitter power is just 100 mW on 437.505 MHz (+/-9 kHz Doppler shift) FM CW/RTTY. It uses the low cost <a href="http://www.hoperf.com/rf/fsk_module/RFM22B.htm" target="_blank">Hope RFM22B</a> single chip radio and <a href="http://www.picaxe.com/Hardware/PICAXE-Chips/PICAXE-40X2-microcontroller/" target="_blank">PICaxe 40X2</a> processor.<br>
<br>$50SAT has been a collaborative education project between Professor <strong>Bob Twiggs, KE6QMD</strong>, Morehead State University and three other radio amateurs, <strong>Howie DeFelice, AB2S</strong>, <strong>Michael Kirkhart, KD8QBA</strong>, and <strong>Stuart Robinson, GW7HPW</strong>.<br>
<br>$50SAT PocketQube Amateur Radio Challenge<br><a href="http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/21/50sat-amateur-radio-challenge/" target="_blank">http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/21/50sat-amateur-radio-challenge/</a><br><br>Further information in the $50SAT Dropbox <br>
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/-HxyXNsIr8" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l3919wtfiywk2gf/-HxyXNsIr8</a><br><br>There is a discussion group for $50SAT <br><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/50dollarsat/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/50dollarsat/</a><br>
<br>50DollarSat <a href="http://www.50dollarsat.info/" target="_blank">http://www.50dollarsat.info/</a><br><br>Information on obtaining an OSCAR number for your satellite can be found on the OSCAR Numbers Policy page at <a href="http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2478" target="_blank">http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2478</a> </p>
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