by Peter Goodhall | Jul 21, 2019 | Daily Updates
High school students in Brazil are building a ground station for the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 geostationary satellite as part of a STEM education project. A group of eight students, from Colégio Embraer Casimiro Montenegro Filho in Botucatu state of São...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Board of Directors of Iceland’s nation amateur radio society, the IRA, has authorized the purchase of equipment to operate via the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 (Es’hail 2) geostationary satellite. A translation of the IRA post reads: The...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 11, 2019 | Daily Updates
Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN, Project Manager of the new 3U CubeSat JAISAT-1 has requested telemetry data from the 435.700 MHz beacon. JAISAT-1 launched on July 5 and carries an amateur radio 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. On the AMSAT...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 8, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Amateur Radio satellite CAS-7B (BP-1B), carrying an FM transponder, was launched at 05:00 GMT on July 25, 2019 and the FM transponder and Telemetry Beacon have been received. The satellite was launched on Hyperbola-1 from Jiuquan into a 300 km 42.7 degree...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 6, 2019 | Daily Updates
The TX Factor show visits the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park where Noel Matthews G8GTZ and Graham Shirville G3VZV demonstrate how to set up and operate using the amateur radio transponders on the new geostationary satellite Qatar-Oscar-100 (QO-100). Plus, Bob...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
Amateur radio satellites lifted off at 0630 GMT on June 25, 2019 on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy STP-2 from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Among the satellites (see links for IARU coordinated frequencies) are: • Prox 1 ( Nanosat 7)...
