by Peter Goodhall | Sep 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF has put the final touches to the official crew poster for the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 42. It is now available to download. The poster parodies the popular The Hitchhiker’s Guide to...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
Benjamin Longmier KF5KMP and his team are looking for stations in the Azores and Portugal to help track their balloons. On the UK High Altitude Society (UKHAS) group he writes: My team (Project Aether) launched a balloon recently that did a lap around the Midwest in...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 29, 2014 | Daily Updates
On October 11-2 the Monkton Nature Reserve & Thanet Observatory will be listening to the amateur radio satellite FUNcube-1 and will have an ARDF activity. On the BIS World Space Week pages they say: Daytime – we will have solar telescopes to observe the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 29, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual meeting on September 27-28, 2014 in Albena, Bulgaria. The AC is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU and consists of the three IARU international officers...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
Paul Stoetzer N8HM reports the first AO-73 (FUNcube-1) 73 on 73 Award has been issued to Wyatt Dirks AC0RA. The award aims to promote activity on AO-73 satellite. The requirements are straight-forward: 1. Work 73 unique stations on AO-73. 2. Contacts must be made on...
