by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
The French administration has renewed its attack on the Amateur Radio 144-146 MHz band ahead of a key CEPT ECC CPG meeting in Ankara, August 26-30. In a paper to be considered at the conference the French Administration says it is not at this time seeking Primary...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK and BATC 144-146 MHz Web-based Software Defined Radio installation at Goonhilly is now available. The WebSDR uses the standard FUNcube TLM Receive Antenna that can be purchased from the AMSAT-UK Online Store. This is being provided in collaboration with...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
CITEL, the telecommunications committee of the Organization of American States, concluded a week of meetings on Friday, August 16 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) report: These meetings have as their principal purpose to try to...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
In November the FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next satellite The team are looking for suggestions for: • Conformation of the satellite (2U / 3U) • Orbit (LEO / MEO) • STEM Outreach •...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
A joint paper by France, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia and The Netherlands for the CEPT CPG meeting in Ankara, August 26-30, attacks the continued use by Radio Amateurs of our 1240-1300 MHz band. This is the final CEPT CPG meeting in preparation for the ITU World...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2019 | Daily Updates
Paul Marsh M0EYT gave a presentation titled ‘All you need to know to get going on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite’ at Hamfest 2019 in Dorset on Sunday, August 11. The 50 minute talk covered satellite information, software, hardware, dish...
