by Peter Goodhall | Jul 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
Professor Richard Holdaway will give the keynote presentation “What else does Space do for You!” at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at 1:30 pm on Saturday, July 25. Professor Richard Holdaway has just retired from serving 16 years as Director...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
HamRadioNow episode 211 features two presentations given at the TAPR/AMSAT banquet on Friday, May 15 at the 2015 Dayton Hamvention. The first is about the Amateur Radio transponder on the geostationary satellite Es’hail 2 by Thani Ali al-Malki followed by Adventures...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 9, 2015 | Daily Updates
The CubeSat DeorbitSail built by researchers and radio amateurs at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford carries a 1200 bps BPSK beacon on 145.975 MHz. It is expected to launch at 1627 UT on Friday, July 10. DeorbitSail is a 3U CubeSat sized satellite with a...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 9, 2015 | Daily Updates
A launch postponement has been announced for Beijing’s new CZ-6 rocket which is planned to carry a constellation of amateur radio satellites. Soon to be launched six CAMSAT satellites CAS-3A to F have now been named as XW-2 (Hope-2) amateur satellite system, and...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 7, 2015 | Daily Updates
On June 30, 2015, Graham Murchie, G4FSG, RSGB Chairman and Murray Niman, G6JYB, Chairman of the RSGB Spectrum Forum presented the case for amateur radio to the UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UKSPF). The Amateur-Satellite Service featured in this presentation. The Forum has...
