by Peter Goodhall | Apr 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
The education and science charity STELAR has been active in promoting radiocommunications in schools and colleges for over 20 years, as part of curriculum enrichment and personal and professional development for teachers. Through its specialist courses, it has...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
The SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon launch of five CubeSats and 104 Sprite satellites has been postponed until Friday, April 18, 2014 at 1925 UT. SpaceX were finally set to launch their Dragon spacecraft on its third Commercial Resupply Services mission to the ISS Monday, prior...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
The final configuration of the International Space Station (ISS) HamVideo Digital TV system took place on Sunday, April 13 at 1823 UT. ISS commander Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA operated using the call sign OR4ISS. Configuration 4 was used: * ARISS antenna 43 * Frequency 2395...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
Juno QSL cards have been sent out to those radio amateurs who participated in the Juno Earth flyby experiment. Amateur radio operators sent a very slow CW (1/25 WPM) to NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its Earth flyby on October 9, 2013. Hams sent “HI” every 10 minutes...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
The final Ham Video Commissioning Pass 4 is planned for Sunday, April 13 at 1823 UT. Configuration 4 will be used: * ARISS antenna 43 * Frequency 2395 MHz * Symbol rate 2.0 MS/s ISS astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA will operate using the call sign OR4ISS. Ground...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
On the KickSat updates page Zac Manchester KD2BHC has announced a competition to receive the first amateur radio signals from the KickSat CubeSat and the tiny Sprites satellites. The KickSat CubeSat will carry 104 tiny Sprite satellites into a 325×315 km 51.5 degree...
