by Peter Goodhall | Sep 22, 2017 | Daily Updates
The 24th General Conference of IARU Region 1 was held in Landshut near München on September 17-21, 2017. In recognition of his outstanding and ongoing work with Satellite Coordination the IARU Region 1 Medal was awarded to Graham Shirville G3VZV.
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2017 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Autumn/Fall edition of OSCAR News here. This edition features a low cost ground station using a DTV Dongle, SDRSharp and FUNcube Dashboard to capture Telemetry from the FUNcube satellites. The paper edition should be sent to...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 13, 2017 | Daily Updates
The British Amateur Television Club have made available videos of the talks given at the CAT17 event held at the Finningley Amateur Radio Club on September 9-10, 2017. Among the videos are: • Es’hail 2 satellite update by Dave G8GKQ • DigiTwist an experimental...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 5, 2017 | Daily Updates
The Times of India reports students from Russia and India are building an amateur radio satellite that will transmit SSTV images from space. The 1U CubeSat Iskra-5 is being built by 20 students from Moscow Aviation Institute and 9 from Indian cities like Chennai and...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 27, 2017 | Daily Updates
Noel Matthews G8GTZ and Matthew Cosby talk to broadcast journalist Kate Arkless Gray about making a world record for the longest distance 3.4 GHz amateur radio voice contact with a signal bounced off the Moon. GB6GHY on 3.4 GHz – Hello Moon, this is Goonhilly...
