by Peter Goodhall | Jun 6, 2020 | Daily Updates
A cartoon movie has been made that tells the story of the student-built spacecraft Longjiang-2 / Lunar-OSCAR-94 which went into lunar orbit and transmitted SSDV images back to radio amateurs on Earth. Longjiang-2 / LO-94, developed by students and researchers at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
Ofcom are proposing to impose onerous new licence conditions and mandatory guidance on all licensees (not just amateurs) who are able to transmit >10W EIRP, prompted by recent but unjustified 5G concerns etc. The RSGB EMF consultation response guide says: However...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
After some eight months in continuous sunlight, FUNcube-1 has now started to see some eclipses during each orbit. The telemetry received has shown that the spacecraft continued to function perfectly during this period and the on board temperatures did not reach...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2020 | Daily Updates
Thailand’s regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has issued the special callsign, E2STAYHOME, to the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (RAST) for use during the outbreak of the...
by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2020 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK shop has fresh stocks of the popular 5 watt 2.4 GHz amplifier kit for use with the QO-100 geostationary satellite. The amplifier was designed by Kurt Moraw DJ0ABR and the kit was implemented by Arved Viehweger M0KDS. The kit includes a single sided PCB on...
by Peter Goodhall | May 19, 2020 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur and Executive Chairman of SSTL, Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO, has recorded a series of home videos from Coronavirus lockdown to record answers to the questions he is most frequently asked. In this episode he talks about his inspiration for pioneering the...
by Peter Goodhall | May 10, 2020 | Daily Updates
After a week of testing, the transponder on HuskySat-1 is enabled and open for use and testing. It’s fairly sensitive, and 5-10 watts is plenty most of the time. There are some fades due to satellite orientation, and some passes are definitely better than others. The...
by Peter Goodhall | May 10, 2020 | Daily Updates
This kit has been designed by David Bowman G0MRF and contains all the parts required to drive a PA on 2.4 GHz for QO-100. The completed board will have a gain of about 25 – 26 dB and for best linearity, should be kept to 200 mW output. This kit can be assembled...
by Peter Goodhall | May 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, May 13, at 1830 GMT (7:30pm BST) Robin Moseley G1MHU will give a talk on Zoom titled “Introduction to amateur satellites, meteor scatter, EME and ISS”. The presentation is being organised by the Denby Dales Amateur Radio Society and being on...
by Peter Goodhall | May 4, 2020 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the March 2020 edition of OSCAR News, issue 229, here. The paper edition edition is being sent to postal members and should arrive in the coming week. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • QO-100 Wideband Transponder –...
