Note the ARRL Web Site Message below Courtesy of ARRL W1AW

CAS-4A and CAS-4B are conveniently already in the weekly AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution

----- Original Message ----- From: "ARRL Web site" memberlist@www.arrl.org To: ray hoad@mypbmail.com Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:23 AM Subject: ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders Activated

SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS010 ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders Activated

ZCZC AS10 QST de W1AW Space Bulletin 010 ARLS010 From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT October 19, 2017 To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS010 ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders Activated

The Amateur Radio linear (SSB/CW) inverting transponders on the CAS-4A and CAS-4B satellites were activated on October 18 CAMSAT's Amateur Radio payloads piggybacked on the optical remote-sensing micro-satellites OVS-1A (CAS-4A) and OVS-1B (CAS-4B), launched on June 15

CAS-4A (call sign BJ1SK) has a CW telemetry beacon on 144 855 MHz, and 4 8 kB GMSK telemetry on 145 835 MHz The uplink is 435 220 MHz, the downlink is 145 870 MHz (20-kHz passband)

CAS-4B (call sign BJ1SL) has a CW telemetry beacon on 145 910 MHz, and 4 8 kB GMSK telemetry at 145 890 MHz The uplink is 435 280 MHz, the downlink is 145 925 MHz (20-kHz passband) NNNN /EX

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