by m0xtd | Jan 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
The ARRL have released an English translation of an article about the pioneering amateur radio satellite OSCAR-1 A new, highly informative article on how the world’s first Amateur Radio satellite, OSCAR-1, came to be designed, built and launched has been posted...
by m0xtd | Jan 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Jan 25-31 printed edition of Electronics Weekly (circulation 36,400) carries an article on the AMSAT-UK FUNcube amateur radio satellite. The article, titled “Schools’ communications satellite to put the fun back into science lessons”, appears on...
by m0xtd | Jan 24, 2012 | Daily Updates
RS-39 has CW beacons on 435.315 and 435.215 MHz that can be received directly by schools and colleges for educational outreach purposes. It deployed from Progress M-13M into a 500 km orbit on January 24 at approximately 23:18:30 UT. On November 2, 2011 cargo ship...
by m0xtd | Jan 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
The February issue of the UK magazine Radiouser features a 5 page article on the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle (FCD) VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio written by Mike Richards G4WNC. For the review amateur radio dealer Martin Lynch & Sons loaned a FCD to Mike who ended up...
by m0xtd | Jan 23, 2012 | Daily Updates
Students working on the Aalto-1 CubeSat have released a 4 minute video showing a visualization of the launch and deployment of the satellite. Aalto-1 is a student satellite project of Aalto University, Finland. When launched, it will be Finland’s first satellite. It...
