by Peter Goodhall | Dec 2, 2019 | Daily Updates
Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station on Wednesday to Friday, December 4, 5 and 6. This is the schedule for the planned activation of the MAI-75 SSTV activity...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
An FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to remove the existing non-federal allocations in the 3.3-3.55 GHz band. The FCC say: By taking the initial step needed to clear the band of allocations for non-federal incumbents, the Commission furthers its...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 22, 2019 | Daily Updates
In the final week the meetings at WRC-19 have been running until 3am in the morning in an attempt to get the work completed. The RSGB have released their WRC-19 report covering small satellites and also the Amateur 1240-1300 MHz band. The report notes “A lesson...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 21, 2019 | Daily Updates
November 21st 2019, marked the sixth birthday of our very first CubeSat mission, FUNcube-1. A very short time after the launch from Yasny in Russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 18, 2019 | Daily Updates
The IARU has issued its report on Week 3 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019. With just 3-1/2 days left for substantive work – the final session of the Plenary to approve texts to be...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2019 | Daily Updates
The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference reports on the status of two issues affecting the amateur satellite service. In a report written by Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, first is an agenda item currently under review during this WRC-19 session; second is...
