[amsat-bb] Japanese Asteroid Mission To Carry Amateur Radio

[Fabiano Moser]

Hi,

Will be possible to operate with a simple satellite station (vhf & uhf yagis with preamps)? 

How strong the signals can be at this distance? That's farway a lot more than the satellite I use today :)
73
Fabiano Moser.
CT7ABD
Enviado do meu iPhone

> On 02/09/2014, at 03:23, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> What "kind" of keps do we use to track this? 
> 73 Bob W7LRD 
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> From: "M5AKA" <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> 
> To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
> Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 5:43:03 PM 
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Japanese Asteroid Mission To Carry Amateur Radio 
> 
> Abyss 2 is another name for Shin'En 2 and carries a Mode J linear transponder. 
> http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/23/shin-en2-to-carry-mode-j-linear-transponder/ 
> 
> http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/shin-en2-satellite-frequencies/ 
> 
> There's another amateur radio satellite expected to be on the same launch in December - ARTSAT2:DESPATCH http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/03/art-and-ham-radio-in-deep-space/ 
> 
> 73 Trevor M5AKA 
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> On Monday, 1 September 2014, 20:32, M5AKA <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: 
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> Abyss-2 - from the Japanese language article it looks like it's carrying an amateur radio payload and will launch this December. Does anyone have any further information ? 
> http://amsat-uk.org/2014/09/01/japanese-asteroid-mission-to-carry-amateur-radio/ 
> 
> Also there appears to be a Japanese Lunar Orbiter under development which will carry an amateur radio transponder 
> http://kit-okuyama-lab.com/en/sinen2/sinen2-outline/ 
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