by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
Juno QSL cards have been sent out to those radio amateurs who participated in the Juno Earth flyby experiment. Amateur radio operators sent a very slow CW (1/25 WPM) to NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its Earth flyby on October 9, 2013. Hams sent “HI” every 10 minutes...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2014 | Daily Updates
The final Ham Video Commissioning Pass 4 is planned for Sunday, April 13 at 1823 UT. Configuration 4 will be used: * ARISS antenna 43 * Frequency 2395 MHz * Symbol rate 2.0 MS/s ISS astronaut Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA will operate using the call sign OR4ISS. Ground...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 10, 2014 | Daily Updates
On the KickSat updates page Zac Manchester KD2BHC has announced a competition to receive the first amateur radio signals from the KickSat CubeSat and the tiny Sprites satellites. The KickSat CubeSat will carry 104 tiny Sprite satellites into a 325×315 km 51.5 degree...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 8, 2014 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 radio amateur Leo Bodnar M0XER launched two foil “party” pico balloons from Silverstone with solar powered payloads transmitting on 434.500 MHz USB using the Contestia 8/1000 data mode. By Thursday, April 10 one of the balloons,...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
Following the 48 hour test on April 5-6, the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) CubeSat team have concluded that the battery temperature does reduce slightly during full time transponder mode, but only by a degree C or so; it remains within specification. Hence it has been decided in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
Thai radio amateurs are hoping to get a number of license improvements this year, including access to the Amateur Satellite Service band at 435-438 MHz as well as 146.0-146.5 MHz. On Sunday, March 30, 2014 a delegation of the Thai National Broadcasting and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 7, 2014 | Daily Updates
The Digital Amateur TV (DATV) system in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS) has changed frequency to 2369 MHz. Presently, Ham Video is transmitting permanently a “blank” image and no audio in configuration 5: * ARISS antenna...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
Organised by the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and held at the Open University, the 2013 workshop sessions included topics from over 100 contributors attending. Key areas included: • Fostering a stronger and wider UK CubeSat Community • Overcoming Obstacles • Developing...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 6, 2014 | Daily Updates
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ET Docket 13-49 the FCC proposes making 195 MHz of spectrum at 5 GHz available for Part 15 unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices to provide high data rate mobile and fixed communications for individuals,...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 4, 2014 | Daily Updates
The FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite team plan to activate the transponder once again during the daytime over the weekend of April 5-6. Project Manager Jim Heck G3WGM has given an exclusive audio interview to the TX Factor’s Bob McCreadie G0FGX which explains what...
