by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
David Morgan 2W0CXV has released several papers covering the use of the RTL-SDR Dongle in radio astronomy. In 2011 David described the equipment configuration and software involved in setting to work a small 3m diameter amateur radio telescope using the FUNcube Dongle...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced another round of amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) activity from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place. Continuous operation, using the call sign RS0ISS, is expected during Sunday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2015 | Daily Updates
This is the first call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015 which will be held from Saturday, July 25 to Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom. http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2015/ AMSAT-UK...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2015 | Daily Updates
This is the first call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2015 which will be held from Saturday, July 25 to Sunday, July 26 2015 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom. AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about micro-satellites, CubeSats,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 4, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Daily Mail reports that 22-year-old Radoslaw Karwacki received the recent amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions from the ISS Radoslaw (Radek) used an RTL-SDR dongle costing about £10 ($15) to receive the SSTV signal on 145.800 MHz FM during the...
