by Peter Goodhall | Nov 9, 2014 | Daily Updates
William Leijenaar PE1RAH shows how people tracked satellites in the time before PC’s and AMSAT Argentina show how it’s done today. In the 1974 radio amateurs tracked OSCAR 7 (AO-7) using an OSCARLOCATOR that comprised a polar great circle map and overheads...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
Two of the five finalists for the Hackaday Prize involve amateur radio, the prize is a ticket to travel into space. Six months ago Hackaday challenged their readers to realize the future of open, connected devices. They have now announced the five finalists vying for...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Malcolm Johnson of the United Kingdom has been elected as the ITU’s new Deputy Secretary-General at the 19th International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Korea. Wiki records that he has represented UK in several international...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, November 6 at 07:35:49 UT a Dnepr rocket carrying the primary payload Asnaro-1 and four microsatellites was launched from Dombarovsky near Yasny. Kosmotras report all spacecraft have been inserted into their target orbits. The four Japanese...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Dubai based Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), in partnership with American University of Sharjah (AUS) are developing the UAE’s first CubeSat Mission, Nayif-1, which they hope will be launched on a Falcon 9 by the end of 2015. A...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 3, 2014 | Daily Updates
The minutes of the Final Plenary, 23rd IARU Region 1 General Conference have been released. The Conference approved these Youth budgets: a. Youth Projects – 25,000 Swiss Francs for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 b. Youth Working Group – 2,000 Swiss Francs for the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 31, 2014 | Daily Updates
Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK/VA7EWK has secured the special call sign W7O (Whiskey Seven Oscar) for use in commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of OSCAR 7 on November 15, 1974. On the AMSAT Bulletin Board he writes: I plan on having this call on the air between...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
The successful amateur radio lunar payload 4M launched on October 23 has generated a number of articles, the latest is in The Daily Beast. Read The Daily Beast article about the first privately-funded spacecraft to travel the Moon at...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
Friday, October 31 is the formal start of the 146-147 MHz ‘experiment’ for Full licence holders with NoV’s and the RSGB has released a bandplan. The bandplan has an allocation for digital modes with up to 500 kHz bandwidth and 12.5 kHz channels for...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2014 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for amateur radio satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
