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Description
Radio amateur land station for satellite tracking located on the Radio -Telecommunications ETSIT Association of UVa [41.6621ºN, -4.7055W (WGS84) at an altitude of 710 m (Valladolid, Spain). With locator IN71PP]. The installation on the roof includes: - On the right: two phased Yagi-Uda antennas of circular polarization with 14 elements for the 144 MHz radio amateur band. Each antenna has a 12.3 dBic gain. The cluster will have an approximate 15 dBic gain. There is a mast preamplifier with a noise figure of 0.9 dB and a 20 dB gain. - On the left: two phased Yagi-Uda antennas of circular polarization with 30 elements for the 432-440 MHz radio amateur band. Each antenna has a 16.3dBic; the combination, of around 19.3dBic. The mast preamplifier has a noise figure of 0.9 dB and a 20 dB gain. - Center: a 60cm-diameter parabolic reflector for the radio amateur 2400 MHz satellite band with a 21 dBi gain. There is a frequency converter on the center that lowers the signal to 144 MHz, with a noise figure of 1.3dB. The side antennas work in circular polarization and are mounted onto an H Frame, that can turn 360º in azimuth and 180º in elevation. The engines are controlled via software from the inside of the station.Other information
Number of researchers:
1
Development status:
Medios técnicos y/o equipamiento
Intellectual Property Rights:
Medios técnicos y/o equipamiento
Differentiation in the market:
Colaboración
Applicability of technology:
Yes
Companies and markets:
Universities, companies or radio amateur operators interested in collaborating with the ETSIT land station.
Advantages:
This is a satellite tracking station fully automated that operates in radio amateur frequencies. The earth station is built to operate low orbit satellites, oriented for education and experimentation. Work has been done and keeps being done so that the station can collaborate in a coordinated way in international missions, for the purpose of taking part in the satellite tracking networks of this type of satellites. Unveiled with the launching of the Spanish cubesat Xatcobeo, it has contributed with the educational projects FunCube (Great Britain) or Swayam cubesat (India), obtaining the beacons and telemetry of such vessels.
Additional Information:
The Radio - Telecommunications ETSIT Association of UVa has taken part in the GENSO project (in its Spanish acronym): Global Educative Network for Satellite Operations, an educational project for the European Space Agency (ESA). GENSO groups counted on the support of the ESA, the NASA and the Japanese Agency of Aerospace (JAXA). To collaborate with the ground station, they must communicate with our professor Dr. Ramón de la Rosa Steinz, from the Telecommunications School for Engineers of Valladolid (ETSIT UVA). Indicative of radio amateur: EA1GTH.www.tel.uva.es/~ramros
UNESCO Code:
3325 - Telecommunications technology
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