by Peter Goodhall | Oct 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The new 146-147 MHz allocation is available to UK Full licence holders from October 31, 2014. The RSGB have issued a FAQ document which answers some of the common questions about the new allocation. They say in terms of enabling innovation and experimentation it might...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
FUNcube-1 was launched on November 21, 2013 and since then radio amateurs and schools have been collecting the telemetry which has been stored in the Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse statistics as of 21:49 GMT on October 25, 2014 were: Number of registered users:...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2014 | Daily Updates
On October 25 Ghislain Ruy LX2RG provided this update on the 4M lunar amateur radio payload. Signals from 4M are quite weak. This is not due to a loss of power as telemetry shows normal parameters, but to the attitude of the last stage that places a deep of the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2014 | Daily Updates
Elysium, a MARS Balloon flight is expected to launch at noon (+/- 1 hour) on Sunday, October 26. The 434 MHz USB signal should cover much of the UK and can also be received world-wide online using the SUWS WebSDR. The balloon will be launched from the Mendips (51.254,...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
The RSGB response to the Ofcom licence consultation raises the suggestion of the use of NoV’s for aeronautical amateur radio operation. The UK amateur radio licence currently prohibits airborne operation and amateurs have had to transmit using licence exempt...
