by Peter Goodhall | Aug 12, 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 | Aug 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP has been making random voice contacts from the International Space Station (ISS) to other radio amateurs on Earth on 145.800 MHz. When the astronauts put out a CQ call, in range of Europe and Africa, they transmit on 145.800 MHz FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
The Thailand Amateur Radio Satellite Group are developing their first satellite JAISAT-1. The group hope to complete the satellite, a 1U CubeSat, by the end of 2015. Plans include a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW communications, APRS, a packet bulletin...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has published a consultation on the role that spectrum sharing could play in meeting the future capacity demands of mobile broadband and machine-to-machine communications. Spectrum sharing is the principle of allowing multiple users to exploit the same band of...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 9, 2013 | Daily Updates
Australian Foundation radio amateur Jonathan Oxer VK3FADO is one of the designers of the two CubeSats ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X which arrived at the ISS on Friday, August 9 UT. The Arduino-powered satellites were transported to the International Space Station by the...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
In this video radio amateur Palle Haastrup OZ1HIA, President of Euroluna (OZ9LUNA), describes the Romit1 mission to space in pictures. Euroluna are a Danish amateur team participating in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE contest to be the first privately funded...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Ali Guarneros Luna KJ6TVO has been named a 2013 HENAAC Luminary Honoree. A NASA Ames Systems Engineer on the TechEdSat CubeSat Project she is committed to encouraging young people to pursue science, technology and engineering careers. In recognition of...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
This App for Android smartphones predicts future passes for amateur radio satellites for a specified location and period of time. Basic features: • Calculate passes for up to the next 24 hours • Graphical pass display • Map view showing current satellite position and...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
CubeSat pioneer Bob Twiggs KE6QMD is interviewed in this NASA EDGE video. NASA EDGE and special guest host Tiffany Nail explore the latest developments in nanosat technology at the 10th Annual CubeSat Development Workshop. MagnetoStar-1, however, still won’t...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 3, 2013 | Daily Updates
On Saturday, August 3 at 1948 UT the Japanese HTV-4 cargo vessel was successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS). On-board were the HamTV transmitter and four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads. The CubeSats will be deployed from the ISS by...
