by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2020 | Daily Updates
A cartoon movie has been made that tells the story of the student-built spacecraft Longjiang-2 / Lunar-OSCAR-94 which went into lunar orbit and transmitted SSDV images back to radio amateurs on Earth. Longjiang-2 / LO-94, developed by students and researchers at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
Ofcom are proposing to impose onerous new licence conditions and mandatory guidance on all licensees (not just amateurs) who are able to transmit >10W EIRP, prompted by recent but unjustified 5G concerns etc. The RSGB EMF consultation response guide says: However...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
After some eight months in continuous sunlight, FUNcube-1 has now started to see some eclipses during each orbit. The telemetry received has shown that the spacecraft continued to function perfectly during this period and the on board temperatures did not reach...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2020 | Daily Updates
Thailand’s regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has issued the special callsign, E2STAYHOME, to the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST) for use during the outbreak of the...
by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2020 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK shop has fresh stocks of the popular 5 watt 2.4 GHz amplifier kit for use with the QO-100 geostationary satellite. The amplifier was designed by Kurt Moraw DJ0ABR and the kit was implemented by Arved Viehweger M0KDS. The kit includes a single sided PCB on...
