by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
Spain’s AMSAT EA is registering the AMSAT Nepal SanoSat-1 satellite with IARU and the ITU, due to the difficulty of carrying out this procedure in the Asian country. A translation of a post by the Spanish national amateur radio society in Spain URE says: This is...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2020 | Daily Updates
The West India Zone Regional Coordinator for AMSAT-INDIA, Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP, is offering students and others the opportunity to learn about amateur radio and satellites during the coronavirus lockdown. Dear students & friends, Feel Free to Learn & Ask any...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 26, 2020 | Daily Updates
Folks, it’s everywhere, and affecting everybody. We have carefully examined our processes and determined that, given the latest ‘lock down’ in the UK, that we can pretty well carry on as normal. We have checked with our printer, and he is confident that he can print...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 21, 2020 | Daily Updates
Indonesia’s national amateur radio society ORARI reports the ham radio satellite LAPAN-A2 (IO-86) is being used to send a Fight Coronavirus message using APRS. A translation of the ORARI post says: The satellite spreads the text message “Stay Healthy, Stay...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 16, 2020 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-Brazil is organizing a reverse beacon FT8 QRPp experiment/contest via the QO-100 geostationary amateur radio transponder. The first 10 spotted stations with lower SNR will receive a Certificate of Accomplishment.The dead line will be May 1st 2020. To qualify,...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 2, 2020 | Daily Updates
Somaiya Space Conclave 2020 was organised by KJ Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology – Mumbai, India on Friday, February 28, 2020. Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP reports: It was a full day event covering topics related to Students Satellite...