by Peter Goodhall | Apr 26, 2014 | Daily Updates
LAUNCH POSTPONED: Sadly due to technical issues I’m going to have to postpone this flight for a little longer – no point launching something that will definitely won’t work! On Sunday, April 27, at around 11am (1000 GMT) radio amateur James Coxon...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2014 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK have donated a FUNcube Dongle SDR to be awarded to the best student research pitch at the UK CubeSat workshop to be held in Harwell on May 13. Please send your 5 minute research pitches along with the following details to send to Chris Bridges M6OBC email: ...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
Camb-Hams will be operating on the amateur radio satellites, EME and HF using the call sign GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Lewis (IO68UL, EU-010) on April 26 to May 3, 2014. The Camb-Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008 and will be travelling...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
A long duration foil party balloon transmitting Contestia 8/250 telemetry data on 434.500 MHz USB was launched on Friday, April 18 from Silverstone in the UK by radio amateur Leo Bodnar M0XER. Its seven day journey has taken it to Iceland, Greenland across the...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
Michael Kirkhart KD8QBA provides an update on the $50SAT (MO-76) PocketQube. The tiny satellite which is just 5x5x7.5 cm and 210 grams has completed five months in space. As of Monday, April 21, 2014, $50SAT/MO-76 has been operating continuously for 5 months! ...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
The first screening of the The Basement Satellite at the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival takes place on Friday, April 25. The film, directed by Hyoung-ju Kim, tells the struggle of Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO to develop a satellite, OSSI-1, in his...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
You can use the free SUWS Web Software Defined Radio (WebSDR) via your PC or Laptop to receive the International Space Station (ISS) and the many amateur radio satellites transmitting in the 145.800 – 146.000 MHz band. Martin Ehrenfried G8JNJ has equipped the...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
Shin-En2 is a 17 kg satellite measuring 490×490×475 mm built by students at Kagoshima University in Japan that will carry a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space orbit. The aims of the mission are: • To establish communication technologies with a long...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2014 | Daily Updates
In this video Dave Tadlock KG0ZZ describes a $4 amateur radio dual band 145 / 435 MHz satellite antenna. Details of the antenna are at http://www.amateurradio.bz/4_dollar_satellite_antenna.html Watch the $4.00 Ham Radio Satellite Antenna video [youtube...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 22, 2014 | Daily Updates
The LituanicaSAT-1 team are carrying out a test of the FM transponder and they request reports. [Latest update added April 23 1839 UT] Dear amateur satellite radio operators, A courtesy notice that LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder test is in progress. Today we performed...
