by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2019 | Daily Updates
Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available on YouTube. The first of the videos is the fascinating presentation on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 11, 2019 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place this weekend in Milton Keynes and the talks will be streamed live to a global audience. The talks will start at 09:30 am BST (08:30 GMT) on Saturday, October 12, and can be viewed at https://batc.org.uk/live/amsat2019 For the talk...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2019 | 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 Wednesday/Thursday, October 9/10. This is the schedule for the planned activation of the MAI-75 SSTV activity from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2019 | Daily Updates
The 20th General Assembly of IARU Region 2 in Lima Peru ended on Wednesday, October 3, 2019. Participating in the Assembly were a total of twenty member societies, fifteen of them present and the other five participating via proxy, as follows: Present: Canada, United...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 4, 2019 | Daily Updates
Spain’s national amateur radio society URE reports that amateurs will be allowed to use 2,400.050 to 2,409.500 MHz for QO-100 (Es’hail-2) geostationary satellite contacts until Dec 26, 2020. A translation of the URE post says: At the request of the Spanish...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 3, 2019 | Daily Updates
An International Space Station ARISS school contact has been planned between astronaut Drew Morgan KI5AAA and participants at Bampton School, Bampton, United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 12:51 GMT, which is 1:51 PM BST. The contact between GB4BPS at the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 2, 2019 | Daily Updates
Young people at Bampton School in Devon will get an opportunity to use amateur radio to talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station on Tuesday, October 8. The school has tweeted: “The news we’ve all been waiting for: @BamptonSCH contact with...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 29, 2019 | Daily Updates
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations has received a request from amateurs involved with emergency communications in the Azores, requesting we forego L/v operation on AO-92 this week. AMSAT News Service reports: Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to pass through the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 28, 2019 | Daily Updates
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the Autumn 2019 edition of OSCAR News, issue 227, here. The paper edition should be sent to postal members in 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Secretary’s Keyboard • Editors welcome • 2019 Meetings & Events Calendar •...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 13, 2019 | Daily Updates
Mark M5BOP reports the complete set of amateur radio technical talks from this year’s Martlesham Microwave Round Table is now available to watch on YouTube. Videos of these MMRT 2019 talks are available: • Practical GNUradio – Heather Lomond M0HMO • From...
