by Peter Goodhall | Jun 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NA has announced that the amateur radio satellite LituanicaSAT-1 has been awarded the designation OSCAR-78, or LO-78. In a message to the LituanicaSAT-1 team, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO announced: “LituanicaSAT-1 has met all of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 9, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Sunday, June 9, Brent Salmi KB1LQD and Bryce Salmi KB1LQC from Chelmsford MA met up with AMSAT-UK’s Graham Shirville G3VZV at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park. Over a pint Graham G3VZV updated them on the current activities of AMSAT-UK. Bryce...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
June 13 is the 50th anniversary of the first UK amateur radio moonbounce (EME) contact which was made by Peter Blair G3LTF from Chelmsford in Essex. The RSGB GB2RS News Service reports: July 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first time that amateur signals from...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
In this video ISS Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO talks about how his grandfather, a radio ham, helped him bounce a signal off the moon (EME) when he was six and the influence amateur radio had on his career. Watch Alexander Gerst KF5ONO Crew Profile [youtube...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
The LituanicaSAT-1 team have announced activation of the FM transponder. Dear radio amateurs, The LituanicaSAT-1 transponder is currently on and should remain so. General rule to find out if the transponder is working at the moment is following: if you can hear CW FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Engineers Steve Greenland and Andy Strain are in Baikonur, Kazakhstan to prepare UKube-1 for its launch on July 8. UKube-1 carries a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards providing a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and educational telemetry beacon. On the same launch as...
