Special Event Station BT3WX for launch of XW-1

The Amateur Radio satellite XW-1 is scheduled for launch on December 20 and a special event station BT3WX will be run to celebrate the launch.

The XW-1 will be the first Amateur Radio satellite to be launched by Beijing and it will carry a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for CW/SSB as well as a FM 145/435 transponder.

Alan Kung BA1DU has provided this information on the AMSAT Bulletin Board:

To celebrate the launch of XW-1 China first amateur satellite and inspire radio amateurs and young people learning to amateur satellite communication technology and space knowledge, enthusiasm, popular amateur satellite communications activities in China, AMSAT-China will set up special event station in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China, the callsign is BT3WX, the station will be QRV on all of HF amateur bands from 10 to 160 meters and on VHF/UHF amateur satellite bands, including FM, SSB, CW, RTTY and PACSAT modes.

Will have come from radio amateurs around the China, teachers and students, the State Radio Regulation Bureau of China, the China Association for Science Technology, the Chinese Society of Astronautics and the Chinese Radio Sports Association officals,as well as journalists will be more than 200 people will participate in the activities of BT3WX. The operations start from now until the end of the launch.

BT3WX operating team is as follows:

Team leader: BA1EO, Fan
Operation and Technology support: BD5RV, Michael Chen
Press release and QSL Manager: BA1DU, Alan Kung (P.O.Box 8091, Beijing, CHINA 100088)

The operators including:

BA4RB, BA4RN, BA4RS, BA4RX, BA4TA, BA4TB, BD4IBW, BD4REB, BD4RPJ, BD4XX, BH4REQ, BA6AA,BD6BW, BA7CK,BA7JG,BD7PZL

Equipments:

HF stations:
XCVR:IC-756PROIII,IC-7000
Antennas:
160/80M GP
40M 3ele Yagi
20/15M 5ele Yagi
10M 3ele Yagi
WARC GP
Power Ampilifier: GO-2KW

Satellite station:

XCVR:IC-910H
Anennas:VHF 7ele cross Yagi,UHF 13ele cross Yagi

BT3WX Communications Awards:

HF Awards:
To complete two-way communications with the BT3WX on 9 different bands / modes (the same band in different modes as a different band / mode), can apply BT3WX HF communications awards.

Satellite Awards:

To complete two-way communications with BT3WX station through at least two different mode of transponders (which can through the same satellite), can apply BT3WX satellite communications awards BT3WX Communications Awards applications mailing address:
AMSAT-China, P.O.Box 8091, Beijing, CHINA 100088

E-mail: camsat@vip.163.com

AMSAT XW-1 Information
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/
satInfo.php?satID=116

IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination XW-1
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal_detail.asp?serial=108

AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/

Gunter's Space Page 2009
http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_chr/lau2009.htm