InnoCube Anniversary CW Beacon

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Dear Community,

mark your calendars – InnoCube’s first birthday in orbit takes place on the 14th of January!
To celebrate this special occasion, we would like to schedule another CW beacon event, similar to our previous one (the Christmas beacon event). That event was a great success and a lot of fun, so we are excited to do it again with you.

On the 14th of January, InnoCube will transmit a CW beacon over multiple locations. Each transmission will last approximately 2–3 minutes while sending the beacon continuously. The frequency is: 437.02 MHz.

If you would like to receive the beacon on InnoCube’s birthday, please provide the desired start time (UTC) for the beacon transmission at your location below this message and we will schedule it accordingly. Please send your requested time no later than the 12th of January, 2026, 08:00 UTC. After this deadline, we cannot guarantee that the beacon can be scheduled in time for your location.

In addition, we will be sending out special anniversary eQSL cards to everyone who successfully receives and decodes the beacon. To receive an eQSL card, please send an email with proof of reception to tubsat31@gmail.com by the 21st of January, and be sure to include “InnoCube Anniversary Beacon” in the subject line.

We hope to have another great event with you all!

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For passes near Finland

START TIME UTC

14-Jan 09:29 | NNE
19° | 09:34 | 45°

14-Jan 11:02 | N
13° | 11:08 | 30°

14-Jan 18:43 | ESE
116° | 18:48 | 19°

14-Jan 20:16 | SSE
163° | 20:21 | 86°

14-Jan 21:51 | SW
213° | 21:55 | 15°

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Oh, 14th is two days before my birthday :partying_face: !!!

Times for Brazil :brazil: (Exact time for the start of the TX)

  • 2026-01-14 02:38UTC
  • 2026-01-14 13:05UTC
  • 2026-01-14 14:38UTC

Thank you in advance :grin:

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I would be glad if you scheduled a broadcast for Greece on January 14 at 09:39 UTC (tx start time). Happy anniversary!

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For QTH KO95 there are two suitable passes on 14.01 in the evening:

18:40-18:51 UTC (apogee 18:44-18:46, 32 deg.)
20:14-20:25 UTC (apogee 20:19-20:21, 30 deg.)

If possible, accept both passes as there might be more people interested

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2026 ! not 2025 hi hi…

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Vivendo no passado

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Hi Vici,

Requested transmission start times on 14 January are

  1. Central USA (North Texas) 04:25 UTC and 17:31 UTC

and/or

  1. East Coast USA (Rhode Island ) 02:52 UTC and 15:54 UTC

Thank You!

Bob

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Hi Vici,

for me in JN48RW the best passes were as follows:

14.01.2026 09:33 to 09:43 UTC and

14.01.2026 11:06 to 11:17 UTC and

14.01.2026 20:14 to 20_24 UTC

Thank you very much

Regards Olaf

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Hello Vici:

This is David EA4SG. I will be monitoring Innocube special beacon from Madrid, locator IN80CP

These are good passes for me:

14.01.2026 21:46 UTC to 21:56 UTC

14.01.2026 23:19 UTC to 23:30 UTC

Thanks and good luck for this event

73 de David EA4SG

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  • 2026-01-14 15:24 ~ 15:35 UTC
    Appreciate!
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Hi Vici:

Could you please configure the transmission for the following times for VU Region

14th Jan 05:01 UTC to 05:07 UTC

14th Jan 06:36 UTC to 06:39 UTC

14th Jan 16:57 UTC to 17:03 UTC

Thanks

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Indonesia zone:
2026/01/14 01:59 UTC
2026/01/14 03:32 UTC
2026/01/14 05:06 UTC
2026/01/14 13:47 UTC
2026/01/14 15:18 UTC
2026/01/14 16:53 UTC

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Could you please help me add this? Thank you!
2025.01.14 03:15:54-03:27:15(UTC)
2025.01.14 13:52:36-14:03:15(UTC)
2025.01.14 15:26:21-15:36:42(UTC)

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2025-01-14 03:19 ~ 03:27 UTC

2025-01-14 13:53 ~ 14:00 UTC

Appreciate!

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Hello,

For passes near Nanning, China:

Requested START TIME UTC:
14-Jan 15:24 UTC

Thank you very much for organizing the anniversary beacon event!

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Dear INNOCUBE Team,

Greetings.

My name is Kliden (OA4DEX), a radio amateur from Peru. I would like to kindly request, if possible, the activation of CW transmissions from the INNOCUBE satellite during its passes over Peru, according to the following schedules (UTC):

January 14, 2026 UTC
Maximum elevation: 52°
AOS: 04:10:45
LOS: 04:22:09

January 14, 2026 UTC
Maximum elevation: 38.1°
AOS: 16:06:15
LOS: 16:17:21

January 15, 2026 UTC
Maximum elevation: 61.7°
AOS: 03:49:24
LOS: 04:00:48

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Great! I missed the submission deadline for the last event, and I hope to have the opportunity to receive a beacon this time. I am located in Xuzhou, China, and I had multiple transits on the 14th. One of them had an elevation angle of 74.4 degrees, which is fantastic. Detailed transit information is as follows. I hope you can arrange for a launch. Thank you

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Hello,

I’m new to this topic.

How can I receive and decore a radio beacon?

Best.regards

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Hello and thank you for the information.

I think many European stations would be happy to decode the information.

For me, on JN26, it would be around 11:10 and 21:50 UTC.

Best regards, F1EFW

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