by Peter Goodhall | Dec 2, 2020 | Daily Updates
An ARISS educational school contact is planned between astronaut Shannon Walker KD5DXB on the International Space Station and students at Athlone Community College, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. The contact is scheduled on Monday, December 7, 2020, at approximately 2:50 PM...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
A new edition (v9.00) of the free IARU VHF Handbook covering the bands at VHF and Above is now available for download. It contains all the decisions regarding the bands at VHF and Above that were made at the 2020 IARU Region 1 virtual General Conference. The band plan...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 21, 2020 | Daily Updates
During November 26-28 HS0AJ/P will be active on QO-100 and the other amateur radio satellites from Grid Square NK99 in Thailand A post on the AMSAT Bulletin Board says: The Thailand’s Amateur Radio Satellite group (AMSAT-HS) has requested permission to establish a...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 13, 2020 | Daily Updates
On November 13, 2000, the ISS Expedition-1 crew turned on the ARISS Ericsson radio for the first time and completed several contacts with ARISS ground stations around the world to validate the radio communications system. These inaugural contacts launched an...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 12, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, November 10, Dave Johnson G4DPZ gave an online satellite talk to the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club, the video is now available for everyone to watch on YouTube. The talk covered the many amateur satellites in Low Earth Orbit that operate in the 145.8-146.0...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 29, 2020 | Daily Updates
The EIRSAT-1 CubeSat, built by students at University College Dublin, is due for launch on the Vega rocket in early 2021 and you can help! The South Dublin Radio Club was honored to host a talk by David Murphy EI9HWB and Fergal Marshall of the EIRSAT-1 team. In this...
