by Peter Goodhall | Feb 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
Jim Heck G3WGM, Honorary Secretary of AMSAT-UK and project lead on the FUNcube amateur radio satellite project, will be giving a presentation on FUNcube-1 to the UKSEDS National Student Space Conference (NSSC) that takes place in Bristol on February 23-24. The NSSC is...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ecuador is hoping to have two CubeSats in orbit this year. Their first CubeSat NEE-01 Pegasus will carry a 720p HD camera to send live video from space using a 0.9 watt TV transmitter in the 910 MHz (33cm) band along with a beacon that will send a Morse Code ID, a...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
TURKSAT-3USAT is a three unit CubeSat built jointly by TURKSAT and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Members of AMSAT-TR (TAMSAT), the Turkish Amateur Satellite Technologies Organisation, have designed and implemented a V/U linear transponder for the satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
On the AMSAT bulletin board Raydel Espinet CM2ESP reports that more Cuban radio amateurs have become active on the satellites. He writes: As many of you should already know, now we have two new Cuban Amateur Operators on FM Satellites. Recently CO7WT and CM2XN have...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
After experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700 on two consecutive school contacts, ARISS will use the Ericsson radio on the Columbus module for ARISS contacts until problems with D700 are resolved. According to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT’s Vice President for...
