by Peter Goodhall | Feb 17, 2021 | Daily Updates
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee has launched a consultation to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system. Key points: • A single 75-question...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2021 | Daily Updates
Indonesia’s national amateur radio society, ORARI, reports on the first contacts from Indonesia via the Qatar-Oscar-100 geostationary satellite transponder that took place on Thursday, January 27, 2021. Those involved were Farid Farhan YC1HVZ, Remco den Besten...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 21, 2021 | Daily Updates
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120. The transmissions are part of the Moscow Aviation Institute SSTV experiment (MAI-75) and will be made from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2021 | Daily Updates
In 2020, a project between AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NL and Swiss universities started with the aim of equipping two Swiss satellites with a linear transponder for amateur radio. With a linear transponder, several QSOs can take place simultaneously. The satellites can be...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 29, 2020 | Daily Updates
The South Dublin Radio Club have shared the talk Joe EI6EG gave them on the construction of a 2m – 70cm Dual Band “Eggbeater” Antenna. Also read this article – Build Your Own Satellite Antenna – by John Hemming G0UYT which appeared in the...
