by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2019 | Daily Updates
Neil Melville-Kenney, PA9N, has been a long time supporter of amateur radio space since the days of the SSETI Express mission. He is presently the ESA Parabolic Flight Coordinator and today took the opportunity to fly a FUNcube patch during the ESA PFC 71...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
The RSGB have made available a recording and slides of the presentation given at the AGM on April 27, 2019 about the Es’hail-2 / QO-100 amateur radio transponders. After the formal AGM proceedings and the trophy presentations, attendees were treated to an...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 28, 2019 | Daily Updates
At the RSGB AGM in Birmingham on Saturday, April 27, 2019 two awards were made in recognition of work related to the amateur radio transponders on the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100. The prestigious Louis Varney Cup for Advances in Space...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
To mark the Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (King Rama X) from May 4-6, 2019 the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King will be operating a special event station The station will be operated from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2019 | Daily Updates
The April 2019 issue of the free DKARS magazine features an article in English – Simple dual band dish feed for Es’hail-2 / QO-100 by Mike Willis G0MJW, Remco den Besten PA3FYM and Paul Marsh M0EYT. Their article, on pages 18-23, describes an easy to build...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 18, 2019 | Daily Updates
The May edition of HackSpace magazine, issue 18, featuring articles by radio amateur Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK is available as a free PDF. On pages 34-47 is his special feature on Space, which explains how you can build a SatNOGS satellite ground station to receive amateur...
