by Peter Goodhall | Feb 15, 2016 | Daily Updates
Ahead of the amateur radio link up with ISS astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS, planned for 1440 GMT on Friday, February 26, 120 pupils aged 10 to 18, from 21 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk, gathered at City of Norwich (CNS) for a special Ground Control Day. The Eastern...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
On February 13, Michelle Thompson W5NYV released her latest AMSAT Phase 4B Ground Engineering Report. Michelle has nine years experience in embedded hardware and software design and is managing the digital ground station program in support of a digital payload for an...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
Friday, February 19, 2016, at approximately 14:20 UT, an ARISS contact is planned for Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol. The UK astronaut Tim Peake will be using the call sign GB1SS while the Academy will use GB1OAB. The ISS signal will be audible over the British...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 18:09 UTC, an educational ARISS radio contact took place at the Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth,, United Kingdom. The school contact was operated by Tim Peake KG5BVI in the frame of the Principia mission. It was a historic...
