by Peter Goodhall | Oct 8, 2018 | Daily Updates
FUNcube-1 As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over one month and has been transmitting continuously high power telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available....
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 7, 2018 | Daily Updates
The special event station GB0AUK will be active on the amateur satellites at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, part of the RSGB Convention, in Milton Keynes Oct 13-14. AMSAT-UK members will be running a demonstration amateur radio satellite ground station, using the equipment...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2018 | Daily Updates
At 10:45am on Sunday, October 14, the Chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board Professor David Southwood will give a presentation on the Cassini-Huygens mission to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Milton Keynes. More than 35 years ago, a small group...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2018 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL President Peter Gülzow DB2OS reports on a new amateur radio satellite forum that aims to help newcomers become active on the satellites. On the AMSAT Bulletin board (AMSAT-BB) he writes: We have set up a new online forum at https://forum.amsat-dl.org/...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 3, 2018 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Autumn 2018 edition of OSCAR News here. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • 2018 Meetings & Events calendar • Programme for the 2018 Colloquium...