by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are pleased to announce a new version of the FUNcube Data Warehouse which will collect, collate, deduplicate and display data from FUNcube Dashboards running on user PCs (see section at end). The URL is: https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ The...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Alexandra Abad, who is studying Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University, has asked for the help of radio amateurs around the world to try and detect signals on 437.405 MHz from the student built satellite CUSat which was launched on September 29, 2013 on a SpaceX...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
The tiny PocketQube satellite WREN, just 5x5x5 cm and weighing 250 grams, aims to transmit amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) pictures using the Martin-1 format. Despite its small size WREN is equipped with a camera, a gyro, a magnetic field sensor, momentum wheels and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2013 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs Professor Sharlene Katz, WB6FFE, and Professor James Flynn, WB9AWX, describe their CubeSat project, CSUNSat1, which aims to test new technology designed to extend satellite battery lifetime. Space has captured the human imagination and curiosity since...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Miami Herald reports on the education work of radio amateurs Jeffrey Imel K9ESE and Joseph Oliver AA4KK. They are helping high school students to develop a balloon launched satellite. Educators generally agree that hands-on activities are the best way to get kids...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
Following the IARU Region 2 (the Americas) meeting in September at Cancun, Mexico, the new Region 2 bandplans for all allocations from 137 kHz to 250 GHz have now been published. There is a new allocation for the Amateur-Satellite Service from 144.000-144.025 MHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
GIS User reports on CHASE-II a CubeSat balloon launch by Captain Josh Neel KB3VTP. The CubeSat, callsign KB3VTP-11, was planned to be launched as part of the Civil Air Patrol’s Maryland Wing Rocketry Day on Sunday, October 20, 2013 using APRS on 144.390 MHz FM. This...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dr David Morgan has released a new paper “Further Developments of an SDR Radio Telescope” using the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and SpectrumLab. “Further Developments of an SDR Radio Telescope” details the equipment configuration and software involved...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2013 | Daily Updates
The OUFTI-1 team have released videos of the integration of the amateur radio D-STAR GMSK CubeSat built by students at the University of Liege. OUFTI-1 is currently being integrated at the Liège Space Center, a research center of the University of Liège in Belgium....
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2013 | Daily Updates
FUNcube-1 is presently at Yasny and is being prepared for launch. All the up to date news can be seen at www.funcube.org.uk and the latest post includes a link to the launch blog from our launch service providers. We are still on track for a launch late next month and...
