by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
It was 13 months of preparation for 10 minutes of conversation – but what a conversation! On Thursday morning, a select group of students from the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy spent about 10 minutes on an amateur radio teleconference call with the...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Olympic and Paralympic Games will be using almost half of the 430 MHz amateur radio allocation as well as segments of 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz during the period June 28 to September 23. The impact on the Amateur-satellite Service 435-438 MHz allocation has been...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
Among those attending the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado April 16-19 was Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO. He took part in the ‘Societal Benefits – Space Applications in Emerging Regions’ panel. Space News reports: Overseas markets are expanding...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
This is a year of momentous milestones in the life of Britain, ranging from Charles Dickens’ bicentenary to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Adding further significance to 2012 is the UK space industry, which has a golden anniversary to mark: the launch of the nation’s...
by m0xtd | Apr 20, 2012 | Daily Updates
By Ben Gilliland For the vast majority of Earth’s history it had but one satellite – the Moon – but that all changed in 1957 when, on October 4, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into Earth’s orbit.Sputnik-1 was a 58cm (23 inch) sphere that...
by m0xtd | Apr 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
The minutes of the ARRL Executive Committee, Number 496, March 24, make reference to the US Federal Government ITAR regulations. These regulations put US radio amateurs under threat of jail terms or six figure fines if they even talk about certain aspects of their...
by m0xtd | Apr 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Members of AMSAT-UK operated on the amateur radio satellites from the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. World Amateur Radio Day commemorates the founding of the International Amateur...
by m0xtd | Apr 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
Cuba’s recently founded amateur radio satellite group “Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales” (GROS) held three successful activities last weekend commemorating the first human manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin, the inaugural launch...
by m0xtd | Apr 15, 2012 | Daily Updates
An International Space Station school contact took place between astronaut Dan Burbank KC5ZSX and Japanese Scouts on April 14, 2012. The Scouts were from Troop 2nd & 3rd Iruma Group, Saitama Scout Council Scout Association Of Japan, Iruma and used the callsign...
by m0xtd | Apr 14, 2012 | Daily Updates
The International Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day technology development event, taking place April 21-22, during which citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need. TechEdSat is an...
