by m0xtd | May 22, 2012 | Daily Updates
On May 22 the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 carried out tests using the 1200 bps AX.25 FSK downlink on 437.375 MHz. It is understood that signals were received by JA1GDE, JA5BLZ, JA6PL and JA2MJA. On May 23 Mineo Wakita JE9PEL decoded the AX.25 telemetry data and...
by m0xtd | May 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
Andrei YO8SSQ and Cezar YO8TLC have made available a web based receiver to enable listeners to hear the new amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 when it’s within range of Romania. The WebSDR receiver is located at the Astronomical Observatory Department of “Stefan...
by m0xtd | May 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, and his two Russian crewmates, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, RN3BS, arrived on the International Space Station (ISS) this week. They joined the three other radio amateurs on the ISS...
by m0xtd | May 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, May 22 at 07:44 UT SpaceX’s Dragon hopes to transport the student payload Aquarius on SSEP Mission 1 to the International Space Station (ISS). The set of SSEP Mission 1 experiments, called Aquarius, was originally slated to fly aboard the Soyuz 30. But in...
by m0xtd | May 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Nader Omer ST2NH, in grid square KK65gp, has made available a video of HORYU-2 recorded at 2:25 AM Friday Sudan time. The signal received on 437.375 MHz (+/- Doppler shift) was very strong. In this video the beacon is sending CW and Nader is using manual tracking and...
by m0xtd | May 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) the amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 was launched Thursday, May 17 and its 437.375 MHz signal has been heard by radio amateurs around the world. This video shows the deployment of the satellite. Watch...
