by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2018 | Daily Updates
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has said it will vote in November on whether to allow U.S. GPS receivers to access the Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS). From an Amateur Radio perspective the key part is that the FCC will only be voting to...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2018 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Dave Honess M6DNT is interviewed in the popular Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi about “Taking Education to the Stars”. The article, on pages 84/85 of issue 75 November 2018 MagPi, covers the educational role of the two Astro Pi units on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
ESA reports the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands, October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is launched. ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ / M0HXM reports decoding a JT4G amateur radio signal from the LO-94 (DSLWP-B) spacecraft that was reflected off the Moon. Daniel says “JT4G is a digital mode designed for Earth-Moon-Earth microwave communications, so it is tolerant to high...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2018 | Daily Updates
Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a very special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event from about 1000 UT Saturday, Oct. 27 until 1930 UT Monday, Oct. 29 on 145.800 MHz FM using PD-120. UPDATE 0930 GMT Oct. 28: SSTV pictures were sent...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2018 | Daily Updates
The JOTA-JOTI FUNcube Challenge involved the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite which transmitted a special Enigma message during Jamboree On The Air (JOTA-JOTI) on October 19-21. The message was coded using the Enigma cipher machine. After receiving the message, transmitted...
