by m0xtd | Oct 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative took place on Friday, October 28 at 0948 UT and a number of Amateur Radio satellites were among them. The CubeSats were successfully deployed at 1129 UT. Signals have been heard from Explorer-1[Prime], RAX-2,...
by m0xtd | Oct 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
Attempts are being made to reactivate Prospero, the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK-built rocket, Black Arrow, on October 28, 1971. It is hoped Amateur Radio operators will be able to provide recordings of the signals on 137.560 MHz. On October...
by m0xtd | Oct 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
On the AMSAT bulletin board Lynn KJ4ERJ reports the initial keps for the CubeSats launched today October 28 have been loaded into the APRS pass predictor: For APRS users, to get a pass prediction for your QTH, make sure you’ve beaconed your position recently...
by m0xtd | Oct 26, 2011 | Daily Updates
HL2/F4AAR has made available a video of an EME test using the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR during the ARRL EME 2011 Contest. Read about it in Google English on the HL2UVH Blog with pictures http://tinyurl.com/3eqkjq3 Watch ARRL EME Contest October 2011 – HL2UVH...
by m0xtd | Oct 25, 2011 | Daily Updates
VI6CHOGM, celebrating the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth Oct 28-30, will be active on the amateur radio satellites SO-50 and AO-51. Adam VK2YK writes: Below are the passes this weekend that I’ll be active on with the special event callsign...
