by Peter Goodhall | Jan 5, 2016 | Daily Updates
The first UK school amateur radio contact by astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 0847 GMT with students at Sandringham School, St. Albans. The contact will be Web Streamed – Schedule You...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
The first UK school amateur radio contact by astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 0847 GMT with students at Sandringham School, St. Albans in Hertfordshire. The school will use the call sign...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 28, 2015 | Daily Updates
The EO-79 CubeSat SSB/CW transponder will be active from Monday, December 28 until Thursday, December 31. The first activation has shown the transponder uplink is about 12 kHz higher than expected. The suggested frequencies to try are now: Uplink: 435.047-435.077 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2015 | Daily Updates
ESA has released a selection of favourite images from 2015, they include International Space Station astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti IZ0UDF and Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS. The images can be downloaded in high resolution by clicking on the “Access the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Phys.org interviews Hume Center Director of Research Bob McGwier N4HY about a geosynchronous satellite amateur radio payload which will aid disaster communications. Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite AO-73 will be operating in continuous transponder mode throughout the festive season until the evening of Sunday, January 3. Why not take full advantage of this activation and get your 73 on 73 Award, details at...
