by Peter Goodhall | Feb 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
Bob McGwier, N4HY shares his views about Women in Science, Technoloy, Engineering, Math and Amateur Radio. Bob, a former AMSAT director and vice president for engineering, is Director of Research, Hume Center and Research Professor of Electrical and Computer...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
The ARRL report the the USA is to propose the use of 9.9-10.5 GHz for the Earth Exploration Satellite Service. US proposal for World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) Agenda Item 1.12 — to expand the Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) in the vicinity...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
The student built GRIFEX CubeSat was launched, along with FIREBIRD-2, ExoCube and NASA’s SMAP, on Saturday, January 31 on a Delta 2 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base. The first reception report of the spacecraft’s 437.485 MHz 9600 bps AX.25 GMSK signal...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
David Morgan 2W0CXV has released several papers covering the use of the RTL-SDR Dongle in radio astronomy. In 2011 David described the equipment configuration and software involved in setting to work a small 3m diameter amateur radio telescope using the FUNcube Dongle...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced another round of amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) activity from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place. Continuous operation, using the call sign RS0ISS, is expected during Sunday,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 6, 2015 | Daily Updates
This is the first call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015 which will be held from Saturday, July 25 to Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom. http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2015/ AMSAT-UK...
