by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
It was 13 months of preparation for 10 minutes of conversation – but what a conversation! On Thursday morning, a select group of students from the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy spent about 10 minutes on an amateur radio teleconference call with the...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Olympic and Paralympic Games will be using almost half of the 430 MHz amateur radio allocation as well as segments of 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz during the period June 28 to September 23. The impact on the Amateur-satellite Service 435-438 MHz allocation has been...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
Among those attending the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado April 16-19 was Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO. He took part in the ‘Societal Benefits – Space Applications in Emerging Regions’ panel. Space News reports: Overseas markets are expanding...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
This is a year of momentous milestones in the life of Britain, ranging from Charles Dickens’ bicentenary to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Adding further significance to 2012 is the UK space industry, which has a golden anniversary to mark: the launch of the nation’s...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
By Ben Gilliland For the vast majority of Earth’s history it had but one satellite – the Moon – but that all changed in 1957 when, on October 4, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into Earth’s orbit.Sputnik-1 was a 58cm (23 inch) sphere that...
by m0xtd | Apr 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The minutes of the ARRL Executive Committee, Number 496, March 24, make reference to the US Federal Government ITAR regulations. These regulations put US radio amateurs under threat of jail terms or six figure fines if they even talk about certain aspects of their...
