by Peter Goodhall | Sep 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano KF5KDP / IR0ISS of the European Space Agency provided an update on life and research aboard the orbital laboratory during an interview Sept. 24 with the British Broadcasting...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat UKube-1, expected to launch in December, will carry AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards. The boards will provide an amateur radio telemetry beacon and a 435/145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. Radio Frequency...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 21, 2013 | Daily Updates
The ARISS DATV transmitter, dubbed “Ham Video”, already onboard the International Space Station, will soon be installed in the Columbus module and commissioned. Commissioning will be done in several steps, each during a full pass of the ISS over the Matera...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
On the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) Bob Bruninga WB4APR writes: If someone will build a linear PSK-31 transponder, I have a launch opportunity in 9 months. All it needs to be is a PSK-31 Linear receiver on 28.120 MHz (3 kHz bandwidth) with AGC coupled to a downlink...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, September 28, 2013 the very first Amateur Radio Satellite User Day will be held. Location The event will take place at restaurant ”Binnenhof”, in the small town of Paasloo, in the North of the Netherlands, a 90 minute drive by car from Amsterdam. Join...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-DL satellite symposium and AGM will be held in Bochum, Germany on October 5, 2013. The AMSAT Deutschland Facebook page says “There will be certainly some exciting news!” AMSAT-DL Symposium lecture schedule Saturday 05.10.2013 10:15 – 10:30...
