by Peter Goodhall | May 1, 2020 | Daily Updates
The Online Space Workshop #OSW2020 takes place this weekend May 2-3. You can watch live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4SHJxCLutZRWK9uQXFVXxQ The full schedule of presentations is on the AMSAT Nepal site. Note the times are given in Nepali Time which...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2020 | Daily Updates
Guatemala’s first satellite, a small CubeSat called QUETZAL-1, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Its primary mission is to test a sensor for remote data acquisition for natural resource management, which could be...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2020 | Daily Updates
The amateur radio linear transponder (SSB/CW) payload on the Russian satellite DOSAAF-85 (RS-44) has been activated. Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB reports: DOSAAF-85 is a small scientific satellite created by specialists of the company Information Satellite Systems (ISS)...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 19, 2020 | Daily Updates
ARRL Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, and AMSAT Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, on April 8, discussed with senior FCC International Bureau staff by telephone the FCC’s draft Report & Order (R&O) on mitigation of orbital debris (IB Docket...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
A public consultation is being held in Brazil concerning both the 430 MHz and 1240 MHz Amateur Radio bands. On March 23, the National Telecommunications Agency ANATEL published a Public Consultation proposal no. 14/2020 on technical and operational requirements for...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
The South African Amateur Radio League (SARL) is the latest national society to make their magazine freely available to all in the convenient PDF format. The magazine features a QO-100 Dual Patch antenna article by David ZR6DLG and the ARISS Interoperable Radio...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 5, 2020 | Daily Updates
Spain’s AMSAT EA is registering the AMSAT Nepal SanoSat-1 satellite with IARU and the ITU, due to the difficulty of carrying out this procedure in the Asian country. A translation of a post by the Spanish national amateur radio society in Spain URE says: This is...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 28, 2020 | Daily Updates
The West India Zone Regional Coordinator for AMSAT-INDIA, Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP, is offering students and others the opportunity to learn about amateur radio and satellites during the coronavirus lockdown. Dear students & friends, Feel Free to Learn & Ask any...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 26, 2020 | Daily Updates
Folks, it’s everywhere, and affecting everybody. We have carefully examined our processes and determined that, given the latest ‘lock down’ in the UK, that we can pretty well carry on as normal. We have checked with our printer, and he is confident that he can print...
by Peter Goodhall | Mar 21, 2020 | Daily Updates
Indonesia’s national amateur radio society ORARI reports the ham radio satellite LAPAN-A2 (IO-86) is being used to send a Fight Coronavirus message using APRS. A translation of the ORARI post says: The satellite spreads the text message “Stay Healthy, Stay...
