by Peter Goodhall | Aug 25, 2020 | Daily Updates
Astronaut and radio amateur Jeanette Epps KF5QNU has joined the Boeing CST-100 Starliner-1 crew for a mission to the International Space Station. She joins fellow crew members Sunita Williams KD5PLB and Josh Cassada KI5CRH on the first operational crewed flight of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 27, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Monday, July 27 Dom Smith M0BLF gave an online talk – Getting started on QO-100 – as part of the RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar series. Dom’s lockdown project was to complete a set up for the QO-100 amateur radio transponders that are hosted on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 27, 2020 | Daily Updates
It is planned Russian cosmonauts will transmit amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station (ISS) during August 4-5 on 145.800 MHz FM (likely using PD-120). It should be receivable across the British Isles and Europe. An...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 24, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Friday, July 24, Ofcom released their statement on 5725-5850 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz. The main points are: • Make 5925-6425 MHz available for Wi-Fi and other RLAN technologies • The release of this spectrum will also enable very low power (VLP) outdoor use • Remove...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 23, 2020 | Daily Updates
The University of Maine Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) and AMSAT have signed an agreement to collaborate on building and operating MESAT1, Maine’s first small satellite, to be launched in space in the next three years. MESAT1 is Maine’s first CubeSat...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 22, 2020 | Daily Updates
The University Wuerzburg Experimental Satellite 4 (UWE-4) successfully used its propulsion system in order to conduct orbit control. The 1U CubeSat, developed and built at the Chair for Robotics and Telematics, is equipped with the electric propulsion system NanoFEEP...