by Peter Goodhall | Feb 5, 2019 | Daily Updates
The International Space Station MarconISSta experiment will cease on February 9. Martin Buscher DJ1MBB asks radio amateurs with suitable equipment to participate in final tests. The MarconISSta is a spectrum analyzer payload that monitors parts of the frequency...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
On November 15, 2018, Es’hail-2/P4A was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Es’hail-2/P4A was developed jointly by QARS (Qatar Amateur Radio Society) and Es’hailSat (the Qatar Satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
Satellite / nanosatellite project managers often wish to use amateur radio frequencies for educational and outreach purposes. The amateur radio community thus offers them a tremendous potential for monitoring their fragile conception. They often ask what kind of...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
ARISS is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. International Space Station (ISS) transmissions are scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 8 at 14:00 UTC and run through Sunday, Feb. 10 at 18:30 UTC on 145.800 MHz FM with the SSTV...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 30, 2019 | Daily Updates
On January 18, 2019, NEXUS was launched on an Epsilon launch vehicle from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in Japan. NEXUS (NExt generation X Unique Satellite) is a satellite developed jointly by Nihon University College of Science and Technology and the Japan Amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 23, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Inter-MAI amateur radio Slow Scan Television experiment in the Russian Service Module of the International Space Station is scheduled to be activated Jan 30 – Feb 1 on 145.800 MHz FM using SSTV mode PD120. Update January 29: MAI-75 SSTV setup and activation...
