by Peter Goodhall | Aug 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for Amateur Radio Satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP has been making random voice contacts from the International Space Station (ISS) to other radio amateurs on Earth on 145.800 MHz. When the astronauts put out a CQ call, in range of Europe and Africa, they transmit on 145.800 MHz FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Thailand Amateur Radio Satellite Group are developing their first satellite JAISAT-1. The group hope to complete the satellite, a 1U CubeSat, by the end of 2015. Plans include a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications, APRS, a packet bulletin...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has published a consultation on the role that spectrum sharing could play in meeting the future capacity demands of mobile broadband and machine-to-machine communications. Spectrum sharing is the principle of allowing multiple users to exploit the same band of...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Australian Foundation radio amateur Jonathan Oxer VK3FADO is one of the designers of the two CubeSats ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X which arrived at the ISS on Friday, August 9 UT. The Arduino-powered satellites were transported to the International Space Station by the...
