by m0xtd | Oct 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
PACSAT developer Bob Bruninga WB4APR explains how you can use your APRS radio for global contacts at your Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) station this weekend. You can use your APRS radio or HT to text message a CQ to all other JOTA stations with an APRS radio anywhere in...
by m0xtd | Oct 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
On May 19, 2012 a high altitude amateur radio balloon was launched from La Pampa, Argentina, reaching 34 km. It carried a 430 MHz to 144 MHz band 4 watt CTCSS activated FM repeater, APRS lu7aa-11, Robot-36 live SSTV, CW, and 40/20m CW telemetry beacon with 2 video...
by m0xtd | Oct 16, 2012 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Gerard Auvray, F6FAO, is a member of the Synergy Moon team that aims to develop and land a rover on the moon. Synergy Moon are currently building a communications and mission control infrastructure, starting with a NanoSat that will test some of the...
by m0xtd | Oct 15, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video students from the Univeristy of Manitoba show what’s involved in assembling a Nanosatellite. T-Sat1 will use the 145 and 437 MHz amateur radio bands. On Saturday, September 22, the team finished assembling the satellite. This was an enormous effort...
by m0xtd | Oct 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, October 10 it was announced in Moscow that UK private spacefarer Sarah Brightman had passed the required mental and physical examinations to fly into space. In 2013 she will undertake six months of training at Star City in Moscow in preparation for her...
