by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
The key Ofcom public consultation to give radio amateurs temporary access to 146 to 147 MHz closes at the end of Monday, May 26. You can let Ofcom know your view on this by filling in the simple online question form at...
by Peter Goodhall | May 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Surrey Electronics and Amateur Radio Society (EARS) 434 MHz balloon flight was the top news story on the front page of the Surrey Advertiser newspaper. On Sunday, May 4, the Surrey EARS team launched a High Altitude Balloon from Cambridgeshire carrying University...
by Peter Goodhall | May 21, 2014 | Daily Updates
The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel has announced frequencies for the Shin’en2 linear transponder. Shin’en2 is a 17 kg satellite measuring 490×490×475 mm built by students at Kagoshima University in Japan which will carry a 145 to 435...
by Peter Goodhall | May 21, 2014 | Daily Updates
An IEEE article describes how volunteers, including many radio amateurs, are attempting command a 35-year-old NASA spacecraft, the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3). Rachel Courtland interviews Dennis Wingo KD4ETA about the project and mentions the Bochum...
by Peter Goodhall | May 21, 2014 | Daily Updates
SPROUT, a 20 x 20 x 22 cm amateur radio nano-satellite with a mass of 7.1 kg, launched successfully with the L-band (1236.5 MHz/1257.5 MHz/1278.5 MHz) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ALOS-2 on May 24, 2014 at 0305 UT. SPROUT is now in a 654 km, 97.9 degree...
