by Peter Goodhall | Oct 4, 2020 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) reports that at its open meeting on September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that sunsets Amateur use of the 3.3-3.5 GHz band. This spectrum includes the 3.40-3.41 GHz Amateur-Satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 3, 2020 | Daily Updates
An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for October 4-8. Update: Transmissions commenced on October 3. The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 GMT for setup and operation and continue until October 8...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 19, 2020 | Daily Updates
The Online AMSAT-UK Convention takes place on Sunday, October 11, from 11am BST (10:00 GMT) to approximately 5pm, with a break for lunch, and several short breaks during the day. You don’t have to be a member of AMSAT-UK to participate, and the event is free of charge...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 11, 2020 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL have announced this year’s Symposium on Saturday, September 26, will be streamed live on YouTube and most of the lectures will be in English to cater for an international audience. Matthias DD1US writes on the AMSAT Bulletin Board: Unfortunately, the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 2, 2020 | Daily Updates
At 01:02 GMT on September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space Statio. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announcement reads: The ARISS team is pleased to announce...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
Three satellites with amateur radio payloads were on the Vega VV16 launch that took place at 01:51:10 GMT on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Earlier on the AMSAT Bulletin Board Christophe Mercier had posted: The Vega rocket (VV16) is scheduled to leave Kourou on 02...
