by Peter Goodhall | Mar 17, 2014 | Daily Updates
In the first of four videos, Mark Spencer, WA8SME, explains the operation of the amateur radio WRAPS antenna rotor system. The WRAPS system points a lightweight antenna towards a passing amateur radio satellite (or weather or other satellite), facilitating the capture...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 17, 2014 | Daily Updates
Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW reports receiving the blank test Digital TV transmission from the HamTV equipment on the International Space Station (ISS) on its new frequency of 2395 MHz. He was using a 65cm dish antenna with a low noise amplifier (LNA) and down-convertor....
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 16, 2014 | Daily Updates
The ARRL report the FCC has invited public comment on a Petition for Rule Making (RM-11715) that would make a significant portion of the 10.0 to 10.5 GHz band available for wireless broadband services. The Petition by Mimosa Networks Inc proposes a band plan for 10.0...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
When in sunlight FUNcube-1 is normally in “Educational Mode” (transponder off with high power beacon) but on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at approximately 0930 UT the FUNcube team are planning to switch to “Amateur Mode” (transponder on with low...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 15, 2014 | Daily Updates
The minutes of the March 7 meeting between the French National Society REF and the communications regulator ARCEP have been published. 435-438 MHz is now allocated to the Amateur-satellite service for both Earth-to-Space and Space-to-Earth in Region 1 and territories...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 14, 2014 | Daily Updates
Laurynas Maciulis LY1LM provides this update on the Lithuanian CubeSat LituanicaSAT-1 which was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 28, 2014. Thanks to numerous beacon reports from W7KKE and DK3WN we established that periodic brown outs of...
