by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
One of the highlights of the RSGB Convention, October 12-13, was a talk by Ofcom’s Paul Jarvis G8RMM and Ash Gohil about the upcoming Amateur Radio Licence Review. Read the Essex Ham report at...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 13, 2013 | Daily Updates
The first CubeSats of the planned QB50 satellite constellation have applied to the IARU for frequency coordination. QB50 has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
The UK newspaper the Daily Mail reports on a Glasgow-based start-up Alba Orbital which has recently begun creating and selling the building blocks for tiny satellites named ‘PocketQubes’ Read the story at...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Artur SP3OSJ has launched an amateur radio solar powered pico balloon on 437.700 MHz USB from Poland which should be over the UK on Sunday, October 13. Also on its way is another pico balloon SP3UOB on 437.5966 MHz USB. The SP3OSJ balloon, launched at about 06:01 UT...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dave Johnson G4DPZ will be giving a presentation on the amateur radio AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 and UK Space Agency (UKSA) UKube-1 satellites to the RSGB Convention on Saturday. The presentation will take place from 16:45-17:30 in the Cook 2 room at Horwood House, MK17 0PH...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
James Coxon M6JCX brings news of the UK High Altitude Society Arctic Challenge. This is a challenge open to launch a balloon/payload from the UK that crosses the Arctic Circle before the next UKHAS Conference in September 2014. The challenge will require both...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Radio amateurs around the world took part in an experiment with NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it did a flyby of Earth. NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter....
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL, a well known amateur radio satellite operator, will be giving a presentation on the Raspberry Pi computer board at the RSGB Convention this weekend . The popular Raspberry Pi has been used for many different amateur radio applications....
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
For World Space Week the UK Space Agency (UKSA) have released a video featuring Tim Peake who hopes to become the second UK astronaut. Sue Nelson from Space Boffins talk to Tim about training and the business of being an astronaut. Watch Tim Peake talks training...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dr Chris Bridges M6OBC of the Surrey Space Centre is one of the volunteers who developed the UK’s first CubeSat STRaND-1 on 437.568 MHz. At 14:45 on Saturday, October 12 [note change in day/time] he will be providing an update on the satellite to those attending...
