by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
DARC reports on a Practical Seminar about the amateur radio QO-100 geostationary satellite transponders. Part of seminar fees goes to the “School stations on QO-100” project. A translation of the DARC post reads: Top-class seminar in the DARC office in...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs built Quadrifilar Helicoidal (QFH) satellite antennas at a workshop in Indonesia organised by a local branch of the national amateur radio society ORARI. A translation of the ORARI website report reads: On Saturday, February 22, 2020, South Jakarta...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 24, 2020 | Daily Updates
Ofcom is holding a public consultation on proposed measures to require all those with transmitting equipment capable of generating more than 10 watts EIRP to demonstrate compliance with international guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). An...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2020 | Daily Updates
AMSAT has filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to delete the 3.3 – 3.5 GHz (9 cm) amateur band, including the 3.40 – 3.41 GHz amateur satellite service allocation. In the comments,...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 16, 2020 | Daily Updates
Sarah Rogers KI7OOY reports that following the successful launch of NG-13 on Feb 15, the upcoming CubeSat deployment from the ISS is now scheduled for Wednesday, February 19. This deployment times and frequencies for the CubeSats being deployed on this date are listed...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 16, 2020 | Daily Updates
Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP is well-known as the West India Zone Regional Coordinator for AMSAT-INDIA. Over the years he has done a great of educational outreach explaining and demonstrating amateur satellite communications to school and college students. In December 2019...
