by Peter Goodhall | Jul 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Slow Scan TV (SSTV) experiment MAI-75 on the International Space Station (ISS) was active on July 2-3, on 145.800 MHz FM. The Russian ham radio call sign is RS0ISS. Two Russian hams, Pavel Vinogradov, RV3BS, and Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, are aboard the ISS as part...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 1, 2013 | Daily Updates
OPS-SAT provides a rare opportunity for testing new amateur radio software for use on a CubeSat actually in space. The 3U CubeSat has deployable solar arrays and plans to launch in 2016 into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Although the formal closing dates for expressions of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 29, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is expected that the amateur radio CubeSat FITSAT-1, built by students at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, will re-enter the Earths atmosphere and burn-up by Thursday, July 4.FITSAT-1 and four other CubeSats were deployed from the Internatonal Space Station...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Daily Mail newspaper archive from 1896 to 2004 is now available online and contains a wealth of stories about amateur radio and amateur radio satellites such as UoSAT-1 (also known as UoSAT-OSCAR-9 or UO-9) built at the University of Surrey in Guildford. The...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2013 | Daily Updates
UK radio amateur Michael Johnson M0MJJ is raising funds on Kickstarter for a CubeSat that aims to travel to the Moon. The Pocket Spacecraft project hopes to raise at least £290,000 ($442,000) to fund a 3U (30x10x10cm) CubeSat. It will carry Pocket Spacecraft known as...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 27, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has published a statement setting out its decision to release the 870-876 MHz and 915-921 MHz spectrum bands on a license exempt basis This follows a consultation in January 2013. The released spectrum will be used by Short Range Devices (SRDs) and Radio...
