New Year schedule for HO-68

Alan Kung, BA1DU, of AMSAT-China has provided the schedule for the Amateur Radio satellite XIWANG-1 (HO-68) for the New Year holiday.

The schedule shows the popular SSB linear transponder being switched on over Europe on New Year's Day at 21:05 and 22:50 UT.

The 50 kHz bandwidth linear transponder for SSB and CW operation is inverting so an LSB signal on the uplink gives USB on the downlink.

It uses these frequencies:
Uplink:145.925 - 145.975 MHz
Downlink:435.765 - 435.715 MHz
Beacon: 435.790 MHz

The FM transponder uplink is 145.825 MHz and downlink is 435.675 MHz, a 67.0 Hz CTCSS tone is required.

XIWANG-1 (HO-68) Real Time Tracking (tick draw footprint)
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=36122

The operating schedule from 29 Dec to 3 Jan is:

29 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
12:13...South Australia,South Pole
12:20...Australia
12:25...Australia,South Asia
12:29...Turn Off

29 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
12:34...South Asia,East Asia,North Australia
12:40...East Asia, South Asia
12:45...East Asia, East North Asia
12:50...Turn Off

29 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
16:05...Middle East Asia, South Asia
16:20...South Europe,Middle East Asia
16:30...Europe,Middle East Asia
16:35...North America, North Europe,North Asia,North Pole
16:40...Turn Off

29 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
18:00...East Africa,Middle East Asia
18:10...Europe,North Africa,Middle East Asia
18:20...Europe,North America,North Pole
18:30...North America, North Europe,North Pole
18:40...North America,North Pole
18:45...Turn Off

29 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
21:40...Wset Africa
21:50...Wset Europe,North Africa
22:00...Europe,North America, North Pole
22:05...North America, North Europe,North Asia,North Pole
22:10...Turn Off

30 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
12:19...North Australia,South Asia
12:25...East Asia,South Asia
12:30...East Asia,East North Asia
12:32...Turn Off

30 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
13:45...South Australia,South Pole
13:50...Australia,South Pole
14:00...Australia,South Asia
14:06...Turn Off

30 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
17:45...East Africa,Middle East Asia
17:55...Europe,Middle East Asia,North East Africa
18:05...Europe,North NA,North Pole
18:15...North America, North Europe,North Asia,North Pole
18:25...North America
18:30...Turn Off

31 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
02:35...South America
02:50...North South America,South NA
03:00...North America
03:10...NA,North Asia,North Pole
03:15...Turn Off

31 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
11:40...South Australia,South Pole
11:50...Australia
11:55...Australia,South Asia
11:57...Turn Off

31 Dec. 2009
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
13:45...North Australia,South Asia
13:50...South Asia,East Asia
13:55...Asia
14:00...Turn Off

31 Dec. 2009
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
16:05...North NA,North Europe, North Pole
16:15...NA, North Pole
16:25...South NA, North South America
16:30...Turn Off

01 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
01:20...North East Asia
01:25...East Asia, North Asia
01:30...East Asia, South Asia
01:34...Turn Off

01 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
08:30...North Europe,North NA,North Asia,North Pole
08:40...Europe,North Africa,Middle Asia,North Pole
08:50...South Europe,North Africa,Middle East Asia
09:00...South Africa
09:05...Turn Off

01 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
14:01...North NA,North Europe, North Pole
14:05...East NA, West Europe,North Pole
14:10...East NA
14:20...South NA, North South America
14:30...South America
14:35...Turn Off

01 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
20:40...South Africa
20:55...North South Africa,South Europe
21:05...East NA,Europe,North Pole, North Africa
21:15...North NA,North Europe,North Pole, North Asia
21:20...Turn Off

01 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
22:30...West South Africa,East South America
22:50...North NA,West Europe,North Pole
23:00...East NA,Europe,North Pole, North Africa
23:05...Turn Off

02 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
01:08...East Asia, North Asia
01:15...East Asia, South Asia,North Australia
01:20...Turn Off

02 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
15:30...North NA,North Europe, North Asia,North Pole
15:40...NA, North Pole
15:50...South NA, North South America
16:00...Turn Off

02 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
18:15...South Pole
18:25...South Africa,South Pole
18:35...South Africa
18:45...North Africa, Middle East Asia
18:45...Europe,North Africa, Middle East Asia
18:55...Turn Off

02 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
23:10...North Australia, Japan
23:20...Australia
23:35...Turn Off

03 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
02:29...North Asia
02:35...North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:44...Turn Off

03 Jan.. 2010
HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
06:05...North Asia,North Europe
06:15...Europe,Middle Asia
06:25...South Europe,Middle Asia,East Africa
06:35...South Africa
06:40...Turn Off

73

Alan Kung, BA1DU
HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager

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TV news report of XW-1 satellite
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2009/
xw1_tv_news_report.htm

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