by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2018 | Daily Updates
Kettering University reports student Ruth Willet KM4LAO brings her amateur radio expertise to campus. Ruth, who is double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Physics, was first licensed in June 2015. On her QRZ page she says: “I love getting on...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 9, 2018 | Daily Updates
AMSAT President Joe Spier K6WAO talks about AMSAT and Satellites with Gary Pearce KN4AQ of HamRadioNow at the Orlando HamCation. Watch HRN 384 AMSAT Update, Live from Orlando [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGg1VJ5SpBk?rel=0] HamRadioNow videos...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 30, 2018 | Daily Updates
David Johnson G4DPZ has announced that his AmsatDroidFree satellite tracking App for Android devices is now open source. This App predicts future passes for amateur radio satellites for a specified location and period of time. Basic features: – Calculate passes...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 26, 2018 | Daily Updates
On the 03:25 UTC pass on January 26, 2018, AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, announced that AO-92 had been commissioned and formally turned the satellite over to AMSAT Operations. AMSAT Vice President – Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, then...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 21, 2018 | Daily Updates
The CubeSat PicSat carrying an amateur radio FM transponder was launched on the same PSLV-C40 flight from India that delivered AO-92 to orbit. PicSat is a nano-satellite aimed at observing the transit of the young exoplanet Beta Pictoris b in front of its bright and...
