QRP APRS Packet Radio to the ISS

Doug Cook KD5PDN’s article about contacting the International Space Station with a few watts and a shoestring budget antenna is now available. The article “QRP to the ISS” appeared in the February, 2012 issue of QST magazine and, with permission from...

Student D-STAR Satellite to Launch in 2012

Students at the University of Liege are hoping their D-Star GMSK satellite OUFTI-1 will be launched towards the end of this year. An update on the satellite is published in the January 2012  issue of the OUFTI-1 newsletter at...

Student Software Defined Radio CubeSat

Students at the University of Vigo have built Xatcobeo a CubeSat that carries a Software Defined Radio (SDR) and a solar panel deployment mechanism.  A launch on an ESA Vega rocket in February is planned. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUmLhA7ioE] The IARU...

FUNcube in Electronics Weekly

The FUNcube amateur radio satellite project is featured on the website of Electronics Weekly.  The printed version of the publication (circulation 36,400) is due out on Wednesday, January 18. Read the article ‘Radio hams seal launch deal for FUNcube...