by Peter Goodhall | May 6, 2015 | Daily Updates
On April 27, 2015 at 1901 GMT, Cuban radio amateur Hector Martinez W5CBF/CO6CBF achieved a 7537.8 km DX contact with UK amateur Peter Atkins G4DOL via FO-29. I am pleased to report that Peter G4DOL and I had another extreme QSO on FO-29. It is my furthest contact on...
by Peter Goodhall | May 4, 2015 | Daily Updates
In 2012 St. Paul’s school student Sakshi Vagadia spoke to astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB as part of an ARISS school contact. Now, at 15, she has received her amateur radio licence VU3EXP. Sakshi has just finished her 9th grade in St. Paul’s School,...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
Friday, May 1, 2015 the Ham Video transmitter on board the Columbus module of the International Space Station was powered on and started transmitting in “Blank Transmission” (BT) mode. In this mode, the transmitter is operated without camera. The digital TV signal is...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Monday, May 4 at around 0830 UT it is intended to activate for one orbit the AMSAT-NL FUNcube-3 transponder on QB50p1 / EO-79. TLEs are in the normal repositories, COSPAR 2014-033-R, Object# 40025. Real-time tracking at http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40025 (Click...
by Peter Goodhall | May 1, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) have requested help in identifying this picture (click for full size version). The person on the far right looks rather like the television presenter James Burke. Could it be possibly be the BBC Tomorrows World TV show from...
