by Peter Goodhall | Feb 20, 2014 | Daily Updates
Zachary J. Leffke KJ4QLP has written a Masters Thesis which explores the concept of deploying a network of distributed ground station receiver nodes for the purposes of increasing access time to the spacecraft, and thereby increasing the potential amount of data that...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 20, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NA have released a single page Fox-1 CubeSat publicity handout for club meetings or hamfests. Fox-1 carries an FM transponder with a 435.180 MHz uplink and 145.980 MHz downlink that you should be able to work using your FM dual-band HT. It is planned to launch...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 19, 2014 | Daily Updates
The proposal to sell-off spectrum at 2.3 and 3.4 GHz will impact both the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services. The UK communications regulator Ofcom has published a consultation setting out proposals for addressing technical issues related to the forthcoming award...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 18, 2014 | Daily Updates
Students at Brown University, Rhode Island have been getting plenty of media coverage for their LED CubeSat appearing in the TV news broadcasts of ABC 6 and WPRI 12. They were interviewed by Samantha Lavien for the ABC 6 TV news story which was broadcast on Monday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 18, 2014 | Daily Updates
At the 2013 AMSAT-NA Symposium Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV gave a presentation on the challenges presented by overcrowding of the two meter (145 MHz) satellite band. A PDF of his slides can be downloaded from...
