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Default [AMSAT-UK] LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested

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LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested

Posted: 11 Jul 2016 11:57 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/07/11/lila...ponder-tested/

Members of the Harbin Institute Of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT
receiving LilacSat-2

On July 10, 2016 the amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder on the student
built satellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested.

LilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin Institute
of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015.

The 40 kHz wide SSB/CW transponder is Non-Inverting which means the Doppler
shift of a signal going through the transponder will be twice that usually
seen on Low Earth Orbit inverting linear transponder satellites.

Clayton Coleman W5PFG reported that he and Glenn Miller AA5PK had a contact
through the transponder, a recording can be heard at

https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/lilacsa...sb-transponder

The transponder frequencies a

• 144.3425-144.3825 MHz Uplink

• 437.180-437.220 MHz Downlink

It is not yet known when the transponder will be activated again.

LilacSat-2 https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/comm...ns/lilacsat-2/