by m0xtd | Sep 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ham Radio gets a brief mention in this NASA video about the eerie-sounding radio emissions from around Earth. A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful “songs of Earth” could,...
by m0xtd | Sep 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
The BAA Radio Astronomy Group (BAA-RAG) have an impressive line-up of speakers for their General Meeting taking place Saturday, October 27, 10:30 to 17:30 at the National Space Centre, Leicester, LE4 5NS. The event is open to all. The provisional schedule lists these...
by m0xtd | Sep 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society Chairman Sid May ET3SID / AB3OZ / G4CTQ passed away September 25. Sid had recently contacted AMSAT-UK regarding an amateur radio CubeSat project he planned to start in Ethiopia. He had been looking forward to attending the National...
by m0xtd | Sep 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
UKube-1 – the UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat mission – has ‘booked’ its journey into space on a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket. The launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan is expected to take place in March 2013. UKube-1 carries an amateur radio 435/145 MHz...
by m0xtd | Sep 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT has received the sad news on the passing of John Beanland, G3BVU. John was an avid AMSAT member and helped man the AMSAT booth at the Boxboro Hamfest over the years. His friends remember John to be outgoing and enthusiastic about amateur radio in space. AMSAT...
