by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-SM website has an article on the dual-band omni-directional 145/435 MHz Slim Jim antenna developed by N9TAX. Lars SM0TGU comments that the antenna works great for satellite passes below 30 degrees elevation, but signals are considerably weaker on high...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
An estimated 34 satellites carrying amateur radio payloads are expected to be deployed this week. Four will deploy from the International Space Station on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19/20, the rest in two separate launches. The first launch, a Minotaur-1 rocket...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
Founded in 1975 AMSAT-UK is a voluntary organisation that supports the design and building of equipment for Amateur Radio Satellites. AMSAT-UK initially produced a short bulletin called OSCAR News to give members advice on amateur satellite communications. Since those...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
Well it has finally arrived. Little did we think, back in 2009 that we would not be launching FUNcube-1 until late 2013 but, at last, we are almost there. The past four years have been spent trying to find a suitable launch opportunity, dealing with many legal and...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
Four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads will be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). Three of them, Pico Dragon, ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-2 will be deployed on Tuesday, November 19, and the fourth...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Liga de Amadores Brasileiros De Rádio Emissão will launch an APRS balloon PV8AA-11 on Sunday, November 17 at 1000 UT. It is expected to reach at altitude of 23 km and will transmit on 144.300 MHz CW and 145.570 MHz packet.Radiosonde PV8AA – 11 PWR : 500mW...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
The KySat-2 CubeSat is scheduled for launch as part of the ORS-3/ELaNa-4 mission on November 20 at 00:30 UT. To help track KySat-2, we have setup a web page to assist radio amateurs. To help decode packets from KySat-2, we have developed software radio amateurs can...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
Many thanks for the feedback received so far! A couple of issues have come to light and have been corrected in this latest version. Fixes: #181 Folder selection doesn’t #175 Recognise dongles after start-up #180 Autotune needs a nudge To download this latest version...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
On the AMSAT bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) Paul Stoetzer, N8HM reminds us that November 15 is the 39th birthday of the AMSAT-OSCAR-7 (AO-7) satellite which incredibly is still operational after so many years in space. A tribute to the engineering abilities of radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
Stratocaching which launches Saturday, November 16 at 0800 UT (144.800 MHz FM APRS) aims to combine amateur radio stratospheric balloons with the popular pastime of Geocaching. We would like to announce our first experimental flight STRATOCACHING as a result of...
