by m0xtd | Dec 7, 2011 | Daily Updates
A review of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio has just been published in CQ Ham Radio magazine. The review can be seen at http://www.funcubedongle.com/MyImages/35a.pdf However, it’s in Japanese so we are none the wiser as to what it says...
by m0xtd | Dec 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio satellite STARS-II has been developed by students at Kagawa University and consists of a Mother satellite and Daughter satellite connected by tether. STARS stands for Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite. The mission will include formation...
by m0xtd | Dec 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
Dozens of messages were posted to the Amsat-bb after the news of the amateur radio satellite AO-51’s end of mission was received. Many remembered their contacts, several thanked the Operating Team. Many noted that AO-51 was the satellite that brought them into...
by m0xtd | Dec 3, 2011 | Daily Updates
On his French language website HB9AFO provides an update on the SwissCube amateur radio satellite. He says that the Swiss EPFL Space Center annual meeting was held December 1. EPFL operations with SwissCube are now finished. For the remainder of its life, SwissCube...
by m0xtd | Dec 2, 2011 | Daily Updates
Radio Amateurs have received signals from the NASA Mars Science Laboratory using the AMSAT-DL amateur radio facility at Bochum in Germany. On November 26, 2011 at 15:02 UTC the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) successfully launched on an Atlas V 541 from the Cape...
by m0xtd | Dec 1, 2011 | Daily Updates
This weekends Plasma Thrust Space experiment using Amateur Radio has been postponed until after the delivery of a new rig due next April. On the AMSAT bulletin board Andy G0SFJ passes on the following information: It was earlier announced that the timetable of SpEx...
