by Peter Goodhall | Jan 27, 2014 | Daily Updates
The following information was posted to the $50SAT (437.505 MHz) PocketQube Yahoo Group: This is the data from a pass a couple of weeks ago. By noting the audio frequency of the Morse audio, you know what the battery voltage is, so this can be used together with the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
As announced December 22, 2013 the Ham Video transmitter is onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and stored in the Columbus module. It is slated to be installed February 5, 2014 by Michael Hopkins KF5LJG. Hopkins will also install the camera and the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
The UK CubeSat Workshop, planned for Tuesday, May 13, 2014, will include presentations on the amateur radio satellites FUNcube-1 and UKube-1. The workshop will take place at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell OX11 0QR. Graham...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
David Johnson G4DPZ will be giving a presentation on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft to the National Student Space Conference being held at the University of Leicester on March 1-2. David is a software engineer and committee member of AMSAT-UK. He writes Open-Source...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
James Miller G3RUH reports reception of the Rosetta spacecraft signal at a distance of 805 million km from Earth using the 20 metre dish at the Bochum amateur radio facility On the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) James Miller G3RUH writes: Just a quick note about...