by Peter Goodhall | Aug 25, 2020 | Daily Updates
Astronaut and radio amateur Jeanette Epps KF5QNU has joined the Boeing CST-100 Starliner-1 crew for a mission to the International Space Station. She joins fellow crew members Sunita Williams KD5PLB and Josh Cassada KI5CRH on the first operational crewed flight of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 27, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Monday, July 27 Dom Smith M0BLF gave an online talk – Getting started on QO-100 – as part of the RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar series. Dom’s lockdown project was to complete a set up for the QO-100 amateur radio transponders that are hosted on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 27, 2020 | Daily Updates
It is planned Russian cosmonauts will transmit amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station (ISS) during August 4-5 on 145.800 MHz FM (likely using PD-120). It should be receivable across the British Isles and Europe. An...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 24, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Friday, July 24, Ofcom released their statement on 5725-5850 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz. The main points are: • Make 5925-6425 MHz available for Wi-Fi and other RLAN technologies • The release of this spectrum will also enable very low power (VLP) outdoor use • Remove...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 23, 2020 | Daily Updates
The University of Maine Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) and AMSAT have signed an agreement to collaborate on building and operating MESAT1, Maine’s first small satellite, to be launched in space in the next three years. MESAT1 is Maine’s first CubeSat...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 22, 2020 | Daily Updates
The University Wuerzburg Experimental Satellite 4 (UWE-4) successfully used its propulsion system in order to conduct orbit control. The 1U CubeSat, developed and built at the Chair for Robotics and Telematics, is equipped with the electric propulsion system NanoFEEP...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 20, 2020 | Daily Updates
The objective of the AMSAT-UK OSCAR Satellite QSO Party is to encourage all radio amateurs around the world to get on the air and make contacts via satellites during northern hemisphere summer. We would like to attract both seasoned die-hard operators as well as all...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 17, 2020 | Daily Updates
The DARC reports unauthorized transmissions are taking place in the 144 MHz satellite segment of the 2m amateur radio primary allocation. A translation of the DARC post reads: In the 144.010 MHz to 144.020 MHz range, illegally operated transmitters are increasingly...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 16, 2020 | Daily Updates
Spain’s national amateur radio society URE says SpaceX expect to launch the EASAT-2 and Hades satellites in December 2020. AMSAT-EA, the URE satellite group, is building the satellites together with the European University of Madrid. The launch has been managed...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 14, 2020 | Daily Updates
The 69th meeting of CEPT ECC Working Group SE-40, held June 23-25, discussed the amateur radio 1240-1300 MHz band, the meeting documents are now available. Several contributions were received for the ECC Report dealing with the coexistence between the...
