by m0xtd | Jun 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Amateur Radio CubeSat FITSAT-1 will carry an Optical Communications experiment that aims to write Morse Code across the night sky. This innovative satellite also plans to transmit 115.2 kbps digital data in the Amateur Satellite Service 5.8 GHz band using a...
by m0xtd | Jun 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students at Montana Sate University (MSU) are planning to build their new amateur radio satellite PrintSat with nano-carbon-impregnated plastic using a 3D printer. David Klumpar KD7MFJ of MSU said 3D printing “will further lower the costs and speed the development of...
by m0xtd | Jun 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NA member Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, has been using the Raspberry Pi to run amateur radio satellite software. The £22 ($35) Model B Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized ARM-based computer board that plugs into a TV and a keyboard. Based around the 700 MHz...
by m0xtd | Jun 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
Decoding using FUNcube Dongle, MixW2 and the HORYU-2 Data Analysis software [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ErGhK5s9vI] Published on Jun 3, 2012 by Tetsu220622 HORYU-2 Telemetry Competition http://www.uk.amsat.org/7474 Listen to HORYU-2 on the Web...
by m0xtd | Jun 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Biomedicine Association invites students, professionals and the general public to the first UK Space Environments Conference in Aberdeen, 16 – 17 June, 2012. This is the only conference where representatives from UK organisations actively engaged in...
