by Peter Goodhall | Nov 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
The PowerPoint slides used in the FUNcube-1 presentation given by Dave Johnson G4DPZ at the RSGB Convention in October 2013 have now been made available. It is hoped they will be used by others to support presentations they may give on FUNcube-1 to local clubs....
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 31, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video radio amateur Graham Shirville G3VZV talks about the International Space Station (ISS) HamTV project. The presentation was given to the BATC Convention on October 26, 2013. Watch ISS Ham TV...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2013 | Daily Updates
Nuttaporn Kaewkajay E22ICQ has posted a video that shows the problem of interference in the Amateur-Satellite allocations in Thailand. Terrestrial usage of frequencies reserved for the Amateur-Satellite Service such as 145.800-146.000 MHz can result in the satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
A student team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus recently flew a payload on a NASA balloon launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, N.M. The High-Altitude Student Platform (HASP) flight gave 12 universities from...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD reports that the Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment MAI-75 on the International Space Station (ISS) has been active on 145.800 MHz FM. The experiment is expected to run for two days, October 28-29, 2013. Dmitry also reports that on October...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
Space News reminds readers to coordinate and register CubeSat frequencies. The SpaceNews Editor writes: In the midst of the cubesat revolution that is opening up a whole new world of space applications to people and organizations of ordinary means comes a reminder...