by m0xtd | Oct 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Raydel Espinet CM2ESP reports the first national meeting of the Cuban amateur radio satellite group will take place November 8-11 and special event station T47G will be on the air, on both HF and the satellites, during the event. With great pleasure, on behalf of the...
by m0xtd | Oct 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
CAMSAT are building two micro-satellites CAS-2A1 and CAS-2A2 to be combined into a binary star system for amateur radio communication and education. There will be a radio link between two satellites when the satellites are in suitable positions in their orbits, so...
by m0xtd | Oct 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video by radio amateur Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW shows reception in Japan of the 5840.0 MHz downlink from the FITSAT-1 (aka NIWAKA) CubeSat that was deployed from the ISS on October 4. He used a 38cm dish with a down-converter to an IF of 1284 MHz, a BGA2717 LNA and...
by m0xtd | Oct 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
PACSAT developer Bob Bruninga WB4APR explains how you can use your APRS radio for global contacts at your Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) station this weekend. You can use your APRS radio or HT to text message a CQ to all other JOTA stations with an APRS radio anywhere in...
by m0xtd | Oct 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
On May 19, 2012 a high altitude amateur radio balloon was launched from La Pampa, Argentina, reaching 34 km. It carried a 430 MHz to 144 MHz band 4 watt CTCSS activated FM repeater, APRS lu7aa-11, Robot-36 live SSTV, CW, and 40/20m CW telemetry beacon with 2 video...
by m0xtd | Oct 16, 2012 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Gerard Auvray, F6FAO, is a member of the Synergy Moon team that aims to develop and land a rover on the moon. Synergy Moon are currently building a communications and mission control infrastructure, starting with a NanoSat that will test some of the...
