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can you tell use more about that ? I heard this rocket has put cubesats for radio amateurs communication I think, but I'm not sure about that. Can 'I', if I we

can you tell use more about that ? I heard this rocket has put cubesats for radio amateurs communication I think, but I'm not sure about that. Can 'I', if I were a HAM operator, connect to these cubesats ?

InclinedPlane 14y ago
Maybe. If you have digital packet radio equipment then you can indeed receive packets from these phonesats. http://www.phonesat.org/packets.php http://www.phonesat.org/packets.php
- adestefan 14y ago
  There's not even a high cost to the equipment. A $10 rtl-sdr with a $30 home built antenna will be enough to capture the audio data.
adestefan 14y ago
Phonesat only has a down link. Anyone can receive that data and decode it. It's pretty simple to do with a simple hand held antenna, a tracking program, and a $10 rtl-sdr device. The only time you need an amateur license is to send on an uplink frequency that's in an amateur band. With a couple weeks of studying you can easily get your tech license which will give you enough privileges to send on the sat frequencies. If you're close to a club that tests under the Laurel VEC [0], then the test will be free. Even the most expensive tests are only $15. [0] http://larcmdorg.doore.net/vec/index.php?pg=Exams13 http://larcmdorg.doore.net/vec/index.php?pg=Exams13