by Peter Goodhall | Jun 14, 2013 | Daily Updates
The editors of OSCAR News always welcome contributions – these can be full articles or simply news, views or gossip! Please send them to g3wgm [at] amsat.org and/or g3vzv [at] amsat.org As you will be aware we are presently producing four issues each year so please...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the PDF of the Summer edition of the OSCAR News magazine here (as well as previous 2012 issues). The paper edition should be posted to members soon. In this issue • GAMANET: Networking QB50 • Spectrum pressures continue • Tim...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Ofcom has published a consultation relating to amateur use of the 2310-2450 MHz and 3400-3475 MHz spectrum bands. These frequencies are within, and adjacent to, spectrum planned for release by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD plans to release 40 MHz of spectrum...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK representative Howard Long, G6LVB, in his presentation at the AMSAT Forum at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention describes recent activities at AMSAT-UK. FUNcube-1 and UKube-1 (which carries the FUNcube-2 boards) both have dual STEM education and ham radio missions,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 8, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT VP for Engineering Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, provided an up-to-the-minute review of AMSAT-NA’s next satellite, Fox-1, at the AMSAT Forum at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention.The first of a number of satellites planned for Project Fox, Tony reviews the motivation for...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
Politech.1 is a 3U CubeSat that has been built by students at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. It carries an Earth Observation payload with a Geodetic Camera to take pictures and a directive C-band communications antenna for downloading these images to the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT online amateur radio satellite pass prediction tool is once again available. You can use the predictor at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that we can now offer Electronic E-membership at a reduced rate. 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...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2013 | Daily Updates
David Mercado KK4MND has produced a video showing how easy it is to receive the amateur radio satellite SO-50. This video demonstrates how to communicate via Amateur Ham Radio Satellite using an inexpensive £30 Baofeng UV5R Dual Band Radio and MFJ dual band antenna...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2013 | Daily Updates
Fifty years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, a flight undertaken for the propaganda purpose of illustrating the equality of women in the USSR. Due to the political and social attitudes of the time, it would...
