Category Archives: UKUBE-1

Getting Ready for Winter Field Day – Satellite

Posted on January 25, 2017 by robert

Well it’s that time of year again, I’m dusting off the portable satellite gear and making sure it’s working.  I had just updated the clock, and TLEs, when I noticed that UKube was above the horizon.  I quickly turned on … Continue reading →

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“Best” UKUBE-1 Telemetry Frequency

Posted on July 27, 2016 by robert

I have also been monitoring the telemetry from UKUBE-2 (Funcube-2). With a satellite frequency of 145.915.7, I received packets with a frequency of 1627 Hz to 1288 Hz.  This is a shift of 339 Hz (very close to the shift … Continue reading →

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UKube-1 Downlink 1 KHz High?

Posted on June 20, 2016 by robert

For the third day in a row I’ve been monitoring the FUNcube-2/UKube-1 telemetry downlink, and have determined for a detected tone frequency of 1500 Hz according to the Funcube Dashboard software, I need to set the Downlink frequency to 145.916 KHz.  This … Continue reading →

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First UKube-1 QSO

Posted on June 18, 2016 by robert

Paul, N8HM (FM18), who posted the message about FUNcube-2/UKube-1 being active, happened to be my first SSB QSO at 17:18 UTC today. My TX offset was 14.3 KHz higher than specified, but for this first time, at least, things seemed … Continue reading →

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Yet Another New Satellite – UKube-1

Posted on June 18, 2016 by robert

I noticed a day or two ago that the UKube-1 transponder had been turned on.  I believe it is going to be left in that mode full-time.  I finally had a chance to capture a telemetry frame today during a … Continue reading →

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