by Peter Goodhall | Oct 28, 2014 | Daily Updates
The new 146-147 MHz allocation is available to UK Full licence holders from October 31, 2014. The RSGB have issued a FAQ document which answers some of the common questions about the new allocation. They say in terms of enabling innovation and experimentation it might...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
FUNcube-1 was launched on November 21, 2013 and since then radio amateurs and schools have been collecting the telemetry which has been stored in the Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse statistics as of 21:49 GMT on October 25, 2014 were: Number of registered users:...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2014 | Daily Updates
On October 25 Ghislain Ruy LX2RG provided this update on the 4M lunar amateur radio payload. Signals from 4M are quite weak. This is not due to a loss of power as telemetry shows normal parameters, but to the attitude of the last stage that places a deep of the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2014 | Daily Updates
Elysium, a MARS Balloon flight is expected to launch at noon (+/- 1 hour) on Sunday, October 26. The 434 MHz USB signal should cover much of the UK and can also be received world-wide online using the SUWS WebSDR. The balloon will be launched from the Mendips (51.254,...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
The RSGB response to the Ofcom licence consultation raises the suggestion of the use of NoV’s for aeronautical amateur radio operation. The UK amateur radio licence currently prohibits airborne operation and amateurs have had to transmit using licence exempt...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
The 4M amateur radio payload with a WSJT JT65B 145.980 MHz beacon was launched on Thursday, October 23 at 1759 UT. The Chang’e-5-T1 mission 4M payload launched on the Chang Zheng CZ-3C/G2 rocket from the LC2 launch complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center,...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Coventry Telegraph newspaper reports on students at Warwick University who are building their own satellite WUSAT-2. Lucy Lynch writes that eight engineering students are designing their own satellite which will be sent into space. In February or March 2015 they...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
The LituanicaSAT team has announced on Facebook that the LituanicaSAT-2 CubeSat will be coming soon. It is hoped the CubeSat will be among 50 satellites launched in the 1st quarter of 2016 on the Ukrainian Cyclone 4 launcher from the Alcantara launch site built by...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2014 | Daily Updates
The RSGB report that on October 9, 2014 Ofcom confirmed that the callsign GB1SS will be made available for issue to UK astronauts who wish to operate from the ISS. In May 1991 the first UK astronaut Helen Sharman GB1MIR talked to radio amateurs around the world from...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 18, 2014 | Daily Updates
UK Full licence holders can now apply for their NoV to use 146 MHz. You just need to fill in your details on the RSGB NoV page and you will be instantly emailed a link to the PDF of your NoV certificate. The NoV’s currently being issued have an expiry date of...
