by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite CubeBug-1, also known as El Capitán Beto, launched April 26, 2013, is recovering from the power budget issue that caused the transmitter to be turned off for several days. This was achieved after one of the AMSAT-LU stations in coordination...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
APRS has standardized an ID series for amateur radio OSCAR spacecraft – APOxxx At the request of Juan Carlos, LU9DO, AMSAT-LU wanted a series of APRS designators for uniquely identifying AMSAT APRS applications. He suggested those beginning with the letter O...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
IARU Region 1 have released edition 6.12 of the free VHF Managers Handbook. The handbook has chapters on Band Planning, Contests, Propagation Research, Operating Procedures and Satellites. It even defines a standard for the use of circular polarization defining which...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 14:39 UT Korea’s satellite KOMPSAT-5 launched on a Dnepr from Dombarovsky near Yasny. This marked the first flight of the Dnepr launcher since August 2011. This successful Dnepr launch should clear the way for the launch in...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
In order to prepare the Human Mission to Mars, some aspects of the mission have to be researched. During a transit to the Red Planet, future crews will be exposed to potentially hazardous radiations. A CubeSat can provide a relatively cheap and easy way to improve the...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
How a DATV transmitter on S-band is being added to the ARISS equipment onboard the International Space Station has been related in an announcement recently circulated and available at http://www.ariss-eu.org/HamVideo.pdf The ARISS Ham Video transmitter is presently...
