by Peter Goodhall | Jul 5, 2015 | Daily Updates
Students at Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall plan to launch the Sun Chaser 2 balloon (434.448 MHz USB) to capture images of the sunrise on Saturday, July 11. Depending on altitude the signals from the balloon may have a range of up to 800 km, potentially...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
At the Hamfest event at Friedrichshafen held during last weekend, more information was provided about the exciting new Phase 4 amateur satellites presently under construction. P4A – This is a hosted payload on the geostationary spacecraft Es’hailSat 2....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
Michael Kirkhart KD8QBA provides an update on the $50SAT amateur radio spacecraft which measures just 5x5x7.5 cm. Sunday, June 21, 2015 marked the 19 month anniversary of the launch of $50SAT/MO-76/Eagle-2. The good news is it still operating. The bad news is the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Monday, June 29, 2015 three high altitude balloons from Essex schools and colleges transmitted Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) in the 434 MHz band. The balloons, part of the educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiative, were taken...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 23, 2015 | Daily Updates
At around 10-11am on Sunday, June 28, 2015 Andrew Garratt M0NRD and the South Kesteven Amateur Radio Society are planning to launch balloons from the 10th World Egg Throwing Championship held at the Swaton Vintage Day at Swaton, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. As well as...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 23, 2015 | Daily Updates
As part of the #askAstro program 16-year-old Brandon Martinez KF7RAO submitted a video question to astronaut Reid Wiseman KF5LKT about Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) On September 14, 2014 Brandon posted his question to YouTube and on October...
