JQ1ZVI (JAXA Ham Radio Club, JHRC) received a Radio Station license for JS1YMG (LEV-1) from Japan for the FIRST amateur radio station on the moon!! The person in the picture is a member of JHRC, and he developed LEV-1's UHF circular polarization antenna!!
受信・記録システムも健全動作を確認.静かに着陸に備えています
We confirmed that our receive & record system works fine. We're waiting for that time, landing.
#LEV1
#たのしむーん
#MOONLANDING
#月着陸
We plan to send QSL cards via X (.pdf) after we get our Radio Station License. If you have pieces of evidence you succeeded in receiving LEV-1's signal, please keep it with you.
My callsign is JS1YMG.
UHF center frequency is 437.41MHz.
Please find me tonight (JST) !
The time for landing on the moon:
1/19 15:20 UTC
1/20 00:20 JST (= 1/19 24:20 JST)
UHF emission starts a few minutes earlier
SLIMと一緒にLEV-1も月に向かっています🌕
早めに局舎入りし,電波受信に備えます
I am also on the way to the moon with SLIM. Today, LEV-1 members will enter the ground station earlier and prepare to receive radio waves.
和歌山大学での運用の様子はこちらでライブ中です
(現在は電波出していないので,ただ月を追尾しています)
You can see our operation at Wakayama University from below:
(As LEV-1 doesn't transmit radio waves now, we're just tracking the moon)
[QSL Announcement]
We can send QSL cards to those who could successfully receive or decode my UHF signal while I was active on the moon. Please DM screenshots of evidence with info like below:
Time (UTC), callsign, mode, freq. Optional information is also welcome
#LEV1
和歌山は少し前に日没しました.
現在月のELは69.87度.
皆さんの場所からも月は見えますでしょうか?
The sun set a little while ago in Wakayama. The moon's EL is currently 69.87 degrees. Could you see the moon from your location?
Soon, SLIM lands on the moon!
LEV-1 also emits radiowaves with UHF on the landing phase.
The scheduled emission starts at 15:20:00±2min UTC on 19th January. Please point your antenna to the moon and track LEV-1📡🌕!
#LandOnMoon
#LEV1
Sorry, that frequency is wrong.
Our downlink freq. is 437.41MHz.
If you can see our signals, it will have 2 or 4 subcarriers.
LEV-1からのダウンリンク周波数は,437.41MHzが正です
現在のELは73.30deg
今日の運用では最も高く月が昇っている時間帯です.なお��曇天で月は見えません
Now the EL of the moon is 73.30deg
This is almost the highest elevation of today's operation. (However, we can't see the moon by the clouds)
@PI9CAM
@radiotelescoop
I appreciate your cooperation!! K4KDR wrote about LEV-1 in the chatbox of your website at 22:36z and 22:37z, so I want to check the spectrum at that time. How could I do this??
@scott23192
@PI9CAM
@radiotelescoop
Thank you nice screenshots!! Well, as you said, the possibility is low that these are from LEV-1. 1st shot's Doppler is large, and 2nd picture's spectrum shape differs from LEV-1.
We also could not observe signals yesterday. We will continue to receive operations a little more.
@PI9CAM
Yesterday, we observed intermissive signals around 437.41MHz, which contained no sub-carriers. However, we can't see any signals around there now. If you can direct your antenna to the moon tonight, please search our UHF transmission.
@PI9CAM
About yesterday's signal: we caught that carrier while tracking the moon. This signal disappeared when we stopped tracking and moved EL down about 10 degrees. After restarting tracking, signals appeared again.
@PI9CAM
@radiotelescoop
I got it. We are also monitoring the spectrum from the moon today. ( As EL is still low, transmissions from the earth are loud. )
@PI9CAM
LEV-1 starts transmitting a few minutes before its landing. However, I don't know whether it will be visible from your place at that time. If the moon becomes visible, please try to receive radio waves!
@Tomek_SP5LOT
Yes, it is mine. If S/N is high enough, we can see 5 carriers on Morse mode.
(Attention: Main carrier's morse is inverted = The part of the no radio wave represents Morse)
@PI9CAM
Though the S-band contains only digital data, it can transmit FM modulation, Morse, or digital data in UHF.
Both bands last while LEV-1 is alive on the Moon.