by m0xtd | Mar 14, 2012 | Daily Updates
Mani VU2WMY reports that due to ‘Operational Constraints’ the commands to turn on the Dutch SSB/CW transponder on HAMSAT (VO-52) could not be sent on Tuesday and attempts at 01:44 UT and 03:20 UT Wednesday were unsuccessful. The next attempt will be made...
by m0xtd | Mar 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
IARU Satellite Advisor Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV has made available a new version of the Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination request form. Frequency coordination for amateur radio satellites is provided by the IARU through its Satellite Advisor, an official...
by m0xtd | Mar 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
BBC Science correspondent Jonathan Amos reports that the European Space Agency is starting what it expects to become a regular series of small science missions. The first winning “S-Class” idea will receive 50 million euros (£42m) and will be readied for...
by m0xtd | Mar 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
GOMX-1 is a student built amateur radio 2U CubeSat. The mission is being flown under the auspices of a Government research grant covering space related radio research. It will qualify a number of subsystems and provide extensive in-flight data. A large number of...
by m0xtd | Mar 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT/TAPR Banquet on Friday night, May 18 is one of the main AMSAT activities during the 2012 Hamvention at Dayton. AMSAT-NA is pleased to announce that Howard Long G6LVB will be the featured speaker for the evening event. Howard will be talking about his ...
by m0xtd | Mar 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK Net Recorded via 20 km WiFi Link Simon Brown HB9DRV in Switzerland has made available a recording of Sunday’s AMSAT-UK 80m net that he made using a remote receiver in Poole, Dorset. What is remarkable about this recording is that a 20 km long experimental 2.4...
by m0xtd | Mar 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ali Guarneros Luna KJ6TVO has been involved in the development of the amateur radio CubeSat TechEdSat. In this video she talks to teenagers at a Careers Night about her aspiration to become an engineer. Watch Career Night – Ali Luna [youtube...
by m0xtd | Mar 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
Matt Bennett KF6RTB reports that the amateur radio CubeSat, Radio Auroral Explorer 2 (RAX-2), has detected the communication-disrupting anomaly in the upper atmosphere it was searching for. The team have expressed their thanks to the amateur radio community. RAX-2 was...
by m0xtd | Mar 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Andy Thomas G0SFJ has been invited to the ESA ISS Symposium 2012 to be held in Berlin, May 2-4. The Symposium aims to review and discuss the key accomplishments in research made to date, looking at case-studies in fundamental and applied research and the...
by m0xtd | Mar 9, 2012 | Daily Updates
As fast as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is heading toward Pluto, the drive to honor this historic exploration of the ninth planet is speeding toward its finish. Less than a week remains to put your name on the petition supporting an effort for the U.S. Postal...
