by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2015 | Daily Updates
The University of Southampton is developing its own CubeSat with a view to obtaining a free launch on the VEGA launch vehicle. University of Southampton Small Satellite is a group of students, primarily from a physics background, who aim to get a fully functional...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur and High Altitude Balloon enthusiast Ara Kourchians (Arko) N6ARA was among those who helped restore the Back To The Future DeLorean time machine for Universal Studios. The San Bernardino Microwave Society newsletter reported his interest in the amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
The ARRL reports on the 16th International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3 triennial conference held in Bali, Indonesia, October 12-16. Working Group 2 (WG2) dealt with such operational and technical matters as emergency communication, digital modes, a common APRS...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
Chris Thompson G0KLA has released a new version of the AO-85 (Fox-1A) telemetry decoder software FoxTelem I want to announce the release of FoxTelem Version 1.01. If possible, everyone should upgrade to this new version. In addition to some new functionality it fixes...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
Two specially augmented Raspberry Pi’s called Astro Pi’s were planned to fly with UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 15. On the ISS the Astro Pi’s are planned to run experimental Python programs written...
