60m Band comes to Cyprus

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Amateur/Ham Radio Operators located or activein Paphos now have access to a 60m band allocation between 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz.

Access was granted on 30th June 2017, when the Cypriot National Band Plan was updated in the Cyprus National Gazette. 

 

First CubeSat from Chile

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Last month, Chile launched their first CubeSat from a base in India.

Details

Beacon Frequency : 437.225 MHz
Mode : CW
Speed : 20 wpm
Periodicity : 60 seconds
Message : 00SUCHAI0 + TELEMETRY (variable length)

CW beacon telemetry consists of four different frames with information of main subsystems.

Telemetry

Frequency : 437.225 MHz
Mode : FM (MSK)
Baudrate : 1200 bps

The Chilean CubeSat group would appreciate any reports in the following formats

  1. If you recorded the audio file (for beacon or telemetry)
    Submit an email to spel@ing.uchile.cl with the file using the following subject format
    <Date> - <Time (UTC)> - <Callsign or Name>

    Example
    2017/06/23 - 11:58:26 - CA3SBE
    In the body of the email you can add optional information like your location (Country, City or Latitude and Longitude) and the equipment that you are using to receive the signal.
  2. If you decoded the beacon see links to send reports, Guide to decode beacon etc here http://spel.ing.uchile.cl/suchai.html
    The preliminary TLE file can be found at the following link. We will update this file as soon as the launcher provide us with new information - http://spel.ing.uchile.cl/20170619-suchai.tle

More info and videos (Spanish) - http://ea1uro.com/radio/satchile/

 

Canada C3 Expedition Award for Hams/SWLs Announced

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Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has announced an award for radio amateurs and short-wave listeners (SWLs) that involves using HF radio to track the 150-day Canada C3 voyage of the Polar Prince from Toronto, Ontario, to Victoria, British Columbia, via the Northwest Passage. Part of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebration, Canada C3 is aimed at raising awareness of Canada’s coastline and inspiring a deeper understanding of Canada’s land and peoples.

The voyage of the Polar Prince got under way on 1st June and will wrap up on or about 28th October 2017.

The object of the Canada C3 Award is to track the voyage of the Polar Prince and to study radio propagation in Canada’s Arctic regions. As already announced, the vessel is transmitting a WSPR signal on 40, 30, and 20 meters, using the call sign CG3EXP. Stations will listen for WSPR signals from CG3EXP and record the 6-character Maidenhead Grid Square transmitted and the location of the ship at the time of reception.

A logging spreadsheet and more information are available on the RAC Canada C3 Expedition Award page - http://wp.rac.ca/operating/rac-awards/canada-c3-expedition-award/