by Peter Goodhall | Apr 29, 2021 | Daily Updates
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the work being done in defending the interests of the Amateur Services in the 1240-1300 MHz band. His IARU Region 1 post reads: IARU is continuing to represent the amateur services interests in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 24, 2021 | Daily Updates
At the RSGB AGM held on Saturday, April 24, 2021 the Society awarded the Louis Varney Cup for advances in space communications to Dave Crump G8GKQ. Dave accepts this award as Chair of the British Amateur Television Club. His leadership of the BATC community, both in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 20, 2021 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO, was the guest on the Radio 4 show The Life Scientific that was broadcast on Tuesday, April 20. Martin Sweeting G3YJO pioneered the original SmallSats revolutions with the UOSAT-1 and UOSAT-2 spacecraft that carried...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 13, 2021 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the March 2021 edition of OSCAR News, issue 233, here. The paper edition edition will be sent to postal members and should arrive in the next 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • Minutes of the Annual...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2021 | Daily Updates
On April 4, AMSAT-DL announced the opening of the QO-100 NB satellite transponder to general contest operation in the upper mixed-mode range. This weekend (April 10-11) will see the Yuri Gagarin contest. The contest area on the QO-100 geostationary satellite NB...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 27, 2021 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-F have issued an update on the UVQSat CubeSat, they plan to conduct further test on the FM transponder. In a post to the AMSAT Bulletin Board the AMSAT-F President Christophe Mercier says: More than 1,200,000 frames have been received on the AMSAT-F experimental...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 22, 2021 | Daily Updates
The Soyuz‑2.1a LV was launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on March 22, 2021. The following satellites, operating in frequency bands allocated to the amateur satellite service have been coordinated by the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel: • Beesat‑5 •...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 12, 2021 | Daily Updates
Eight satellites, all coordinated by the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel, are planned to be deployed from the International Space Station on Sunday, March 14. The deployment should be streamed live on YouTube, watch from 09:15 GMT [UPDATE deployment now...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 7, 2021 | Daily Updates
On Friday, March 5, 2021, the first contact was made via the FM transponder on the UVSQ-Sat CubeSat. Michel Mahé F4DEY of the F6KRK Radio Club carried out the transponder test from the LATMOS ground station. The first contact was with Peter Goodhall 2M0SQL in Elgin....
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 23, 2021 | Daily Updates
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the meeting of the ITU‑R Working Party 4C (WP4C) on February 15-19 which discussed the amateur radio allocation at 1240-1300 MHz. On the IARU Region 1 site he writes: During the week February...
