The amateur radio transponder on the EO-79
"FUNcube" satellite was turned on "for a prolonged period"
on March 25, according to the AMSAT News Service. EO-79 is the first FUNcube
satellite to carry a single-sideband transponder, as opposed to the more common
FM or digital repeater system. Stations transmit up to the satellite on LSB
between 435.035 and 435.065 MHz, and listen on USB between 145.935 and 145.965
MHz. Note that as an inverting transponder, transmissions at the lower end of
the uplink passband are retransmitted at the upper end of the downlink
passband. For more info, visit < http://isispace.nl/HAM/qb50p.html>.
AMSAT-NA's Fox-1C (Fox-1Cliff) and Fox-1D cubesats
successfully completed their environmental testing in early February and, at
deadline, were waiting to be delivered to Spaceflight Industries for
integration onto the Sherpa payload dispenser, which will be carrying them on
its first flight to orbit. According to the AMSAT News Service, the satellites
are due for launch sometime during the first half of this year aboard a SpaceX
rocket.
