by Peter Goodhall | Aug 8, 2018 | Daily Updates
Four Russian satellites with amateur radio payloads are expected be deployed from the International Space Station on Wednesday, August 15 during a spacewalk (EVA-45) by Sergei Prokopiev and Oleg Artemiev. SiriusSat-1 (SXC1-181) RS13S beacon 435.570 MHz (signal...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2018 | Daily Updates
Es’hailSat has tweeted their geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 is expected to be launched by SpaceX in the 4th quarter of 2018. Qatar’s Es’hail-2 satellite will provide the first amateur radio geostationary communications and is capable of linking amateurs...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2018 | Daily Updates
Masa JN1GKZ reports JAXA has announced three BIRDS-2 CubeSats with APRS digipeaters will deploy from the International Space Station at about 0945 GMT on August 10, 2018. BHUTAN-1, MAYA-1 and UiTMSat-1 will transmit 30 minutes after deployment. Initial mode looks CW...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 25, 2018 | Daily Updates
To popularise Ham Radio in western India two events were conducted back to back recently by Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP Regional Coordinator AMSAT-INDIA. LDRP College Gandhinagar ‘Ham Radio for GenX’ – Full day workshop with demo was conducted at LDRP...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
The Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station are expected to activate amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM during Monday and Tuesday, July 30-31. The Inter-MAI-75 SSTV experiment should be active on: • Monday, July 30...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
In his blog Peter Goodhall 2M0SQL looks at satellite tracking Apps for Android devices He says “Satellite tracking applications play an important part in using the transponders available to radio amateurs, of course, experiences of them all vary and are very...
