by Peter Goodhall | Nov 21, 2020 | Daily Updates
During November 26-28 HS0AJ/P will be active on QO-100 and the other amateur radio satellites from Grid Square NK99 in Thailand A post on the AMSAT Bulletin Board says: The Thailand’s Amateur Radio Satellite group (AMSAT-HS) has requested permission to establish a...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 13, 2020 | Daily Updates
On November 13, 2000, the ISS Expedition-1 crew turned on the ARISS Ericsson radio for the first time and completed several contacts with ARISS ground stations around the world to validate the radio communications system. These inaugural contacts launched an...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 12, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, November 10, Dave Johnson G4DPZ gave an online satellite talk to the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club, the video is now available for everyone to watch on YouTube. The talk covered the many amateur satellites in Low Earth Orbit that operate in the 145.8-146.0...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 29, 2020 | Daily Updates
The EIRSAT-1 CubeSat, built by students at University College Dublin, is due for launch on the Vega rocket in early 2021 and you can help! The South Dublin Radio Club was honored to host a talk by David Murphy EI9HWB and Fergal Marshall of the EIRSAT-1 team. In this...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 4, 2020 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT News Service (ANS) reports that at its open meeting on September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that sunsets Amateur use of the 3.3-3.5 GHz band. This spectrum includes the 3.40-3.41 GHz Amateur-Satellite...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 3, 2020 | Daily Updates
An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for October 4-8. Update: Transmissions commenced on October 3. The event is scheduled to begin on October 4 at 14:00 GMT for setup and operation and continue until October 8...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 19, 2020 | Daily Updates
The Online AMSAT-UK Convention takes place on Sunday, October 11, from 11am BST (10:00 GMT) to approximately 5pm, with a break for lunch, and several short breaks during the day. You don’t have to be a member of AMSAT-UK to participate, and the event is free of charge...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 11, 2020 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-DL have announced this year’s Symposium on Saturday, September 26, will be streamed live on YouTube and most of the lectures will be in English to cater for an international audience. Matthias DD1US writes on the AMSAT Bulletin Board: Unfortunately, the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 2, 2020 | Daily Updates
At 01:02 GMT on September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space Statio. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announcement reads: The ARISS team is pleased to announce...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
Three satellites with amateur radio payloads were on the Vega VV16 launch that took place at 01:51:10 GMT on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Earlier on the AMSAT Bulletin Board Christophe Mercier had posted: The Vega rocket (VV16) is scheduled to leave Kourou on 02...
