by Peter Goodhall | May 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
The Online Space Workshop #OSW2020 takes place this weekend May 2-3. You can watch live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4SHJxCLutZRWK9uQXFVXxQ The full schedule of presentations is on the AMSAT Nepal site. Note the times are given in Nepali Time which...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2020 | Daily Updates
Guatemala’s first satellite, a small CubeSat called QUETZAL-1, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Its primary mission is to test a sensor for remote data acquisition for natural resource management, which could be...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2020 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio linear transponder (SSB/CW) payload on the Russian satellite DOSAAF-85 (RS-44) has been activated. Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB reports: DOSAAF-85 is a small scientific satellite created by specialists of the company Information Satellite Systems (ISS)...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 19, 2020 | Daily Updates
ARRL Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, and AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, on April 8, discussed with senior FCC International Bureau staff by telephone the FCC’s draft Report & Order (R&O) on mitigation of orbital debris (IB Docket...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
A public consultation is being held in Brazil concerning both the 430 MHz and 1240 MHz Amateur Radio bands. On March 23, the National Telecommunications Agency ANATEL published a Public Consultation proposal no. 14/2020 on technical and operational requirements for...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
The South African Amateur Radio League (SARL) is the latest national society to make their magazine freely available to all in the convenient PDF format. The magazine features a QO-100 Dual Patch antenna article by David ZR6DLG and the ARISS Interoperable Radio...
