by Peter Goodhall | Oct 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, October 19, at 2302 UT Hector Martinez CO6CBF achieved what is possibly the first amateur radio contact between Cuba and the UK on the FO-29 satellite. Hector writes: I am pleased to report that I had my first contact on satellites with the UK. Peter...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 20, 2013 | Daily Updates
Global Brands Magazine features the High Altitude Balloon work of Dhruva Space and Indian radio amateurs. Dhruva Space in association with Indian Institute of Astrophysics is gearing up to observe comet ISON when it passes earth on November 28, 2013 using a high...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 19, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Basement Satellite was screened at the 5th DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival on October 19, 2013. The film, directed by Hyoung-ju Kim, tells the struggle of Korean artist Hojun Song DS1SBO to develop a satellite, OSSI-1, in his basement studio and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
After helping the Odisha government in disaster relief during cyclone Phailin, amateur radio operators will now help astrophysicists track a comet. The Hindustan Times reports that astrophysics experts are joining hands with ham (amateur) radio operators to track and...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio FUNcube-1 CubeSat has arrived in Russia and is now en-route to the Dombarovsky launch site near Yasny. It was flown on a special flight from Rotterdam on Wednesday, October 16 and cleared Russian customs on Thursday,, October 17. Another flight took...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
The exciting news is that FUNcube-1 CubeSat is now en-route to the Yasny launch site. It was flown on a special flight from Rotterdam yesterday and it cleared through Russian customs this morning. Well before the launch date, Dashboard software, to decode and display...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
The TNC-Pi is a £22 ($40) KISS TNC board which is designed to connect to the GPIO port of the £25 ($35) Raspberry Pi computer board. It provides a low cost means of using amateur radio AX.25 Packet Radio and APRS. Nick Bown 2E0CGW has written a well illustrated review...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
50DollarSat (A.K.A. $50SAT or Eagle-2) is a PocketQube micro satellite made from commercial electronic components and designed to fit in a 50 mm cube. The primary purpose of the project was to create a cost effective platform for engineering and science students to...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
CAMSAT developed the linear transponder amateur radio payload on the CAS-1 (aka XW-1, HO-68) satellite which proved very popular with radio amateurs world-wide. Since then they have been working with students at the Qian Youth Space Academy on the next satellites...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
The British Amateur Television Club (BATC) convention takes place on the weekend of October 26-27 at the Finningley Amateur Radio Club facilities near Robin Hood airport in Yorkshire. On the Saturday at 16:00 BST if the weather is suitable Philip Crump M0DNY will be...
