by Peter Goodhall | Oct 16, 2014 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs Chris M6EDF and Steve G0TDJ will each be launching 434 MHz balloons from Essex for Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) this weekend. The balloons should be launched from Kingston Ridge Campsite in Essex on the Saturday and Sunday, Lat/Lon: 51.559144, 0.435010...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced an opportunity to fly payloads on the 3U CubeSat AlSat-1N. AlSat-Nano is primarily an education programme, its top level objective is to teach Algerian students how to design, build and operate a 3U CubeSat. The programme...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
Geert Jan de Groot PE1HZG reports that radio amateurs will be using the PI9CAM Dwingeloo 25 meter dish during Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) this weekend. On the AMSAT-BB he writes: In the Netherlands, the CAMRAS foundation took over the large radio telescope of...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
The integration of the LX0OHB-4M amateur radio payload was completed on Sunday night, October 12 and is now ready to launch. The onboard clock has been adjusted to start JT65B (145.980 MHz) at the UTC minute +/-1 second. It is likely to drift during the mission, and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK have uploaded a special Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) Greetings Fitter Message to the amateur satellite AO-73 (FUNcube-1). Scouts and others can receive the message by downloading the Dashboard App software and listening to the beacon on 145.935 MHz (+/-...
