by Peter Goodhall | Feb 10, 2020 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK shop is now stocking a 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 which is...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2020 | Daily Updates
The ARISS-UK Team have announced that the Electromagnetic Field 2020 event is to host an ARISS contact during the weekend of July 23-26. The event will be held at Easton Manor Deer Park, near Ledbury in Herefordshire. The callsign for the contact will be GB4EMF and...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 30, 2020 | Daily Updates
ARRL reports University of Washington’s HuskySat-1 3U CubeSat, launched November 2, 2019, is set to deploy January 31 after the vehicle that carried it to the International Space Station undocks. Update January 31, 2020: HuskySat-1 is expected to be deployed by Cygnus...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 29, 2020 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, January 30 at 1400 GMT AMSAT Argentina will deploy drifting Buoy on South Atlantic Seas that aims to transmit APRS on the satellite packet frequency of 145.825 MHz. WSPR will also be transmitted. AMSAT Argentina report: The APRS beacon, callsign LU7AA-11,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 28, 2020 | Daily Updates
Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station on Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31 as part of the MAI-75 experiment. The expected activation times are: •...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 17, 2020 | Daily Updates
Ofcom wishes to boost the use of Wi-Fi in Amateur Radio spectrum at 5725-5850 MHz. The Amateur Satellite Service weak-signal downlink band, 5830-5850 MHz, is used by amateur payloads on Deep-Space and Interplanetary spacecraft as well as by satellites in Low Earth...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 17, 2020 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-LU will be issuing a special certificate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of LUSAT (LO-19) during LUSAT week which takes place January 18-26, 2020. AMSAT Argentina LU7AA says: On Jan-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 9, 2020 | Daily Updates
QARMAN, a nano-satellite designed and built at VKI, was launched to the International Space Station on December 5, 2019. Deployed is expected to take place in the week of February 12, 2020. QARMAN (Qubesat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on AblatioN)...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 8, 2020 | Daily Updates
ARRL reports on Beijing’s draft Measures for the Administration of Amateur Radio Stations which appear to threaten 136 kHz and most amateur bands above 146 MHz. ARRL say: Lide Zhang, BI8CKU, told ARRL that the proposal would prohibit amateur operation on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 31, 2019 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the December 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 228, here. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • Minutes of the Annual General Meeting • 2020 Meetings...
