by Peter Goodhall | Feb 10, 2019 | Daily Updates
Following the successful launch of Es’hail-2, the new Es’hailSat teleport will be inaugurated on February 14, 2019. AMSAT-DL report: This will also be the occasion to officially put the two amateur radio transponders of Qatar OSCAR-100, the first...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 5, 2019 | Daily Updates
The International Space Station MarconISSta experiment will cease on February 9. Martin Buscher DJ1MBB asks radio amateurs with suitable equipment to participate in final tests. The MarconISSta is a spectrum analyzer payload that monitors parts of the frequency...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
On November 15, 2018, Es’hail-2/P4A was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Es’hail-2/P4A was developed jointly by QARS (Qatar Amateur Radio Society) and Es’hailSat (the Qatar Satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
Satellite / nanosatellite project managers often wish to use amateur radio frequencies for educational and outreach purposes. The amateur radio community thus offers them a tremendous potential for monitoring their fragile conception. They often ask what kind of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
ARISS is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. International Space Station (ISS) transmissions are scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 8 at 14:00 UTC and run through Sunday, Feb. 10 at 18:30 UTC on 145.800 MHz FM with the SSTV...
