06/23/2016
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO[1]) has successfully launched
several satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads. Satellites put into orbit
include Swayam-1[2], a 1U CubeSat that carries a digital store-and-forward
messaging system for use by the Amateur Radio community.
"We are eagerly waiting for your reception report of the CW beacon at 437.025
MHz. You can also get the decoded beacon data by entering 'beacon' in Swayam
beacon signal decoder[3] available on our website," said Rupesh Lad,
VU2LRD/VU2COE of the College of Engineering Pune CSAT team.
Swayam-1 is in a low-Earth polar orbit. It operates on 437.025 MHz with a power
output of 1 W.
Other satellites on the launch that carried Amateur Radio payloads include
BEESAT-4 (435.950 - 4800 bps GMSK, CW); BIROS (437.525 - 4800 bps GMSK; Max
Valier (145.860 MHz down, 145.960 MHz CW beacon), and Sathyabamasat (145.980 -
2400 bps BPSK).
[1] http://www.isro.gov.in/
[2] http://www.coep.org.in/csat/
[3] http://beaconsignaldecoder.weebly.com/
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