by Peter Goodhall | Sep 13, 2019 | Daily Updates
Students at the Villanova University College of Engineering started a CubeSat Club in the fall of 2018 and have since got their amateur radio licenses. The university website reports: A CubeSat is a nanosatellite—a small, lightweight satellite that is cheaper to build...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 13, 2019 | Daily Updates
Taurus-1 (Jinniuzuo-1) carrying an amateur radio FM to Codec-2 transponder was launched on a CZ-4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday, September 12 at 0326 GMT. Taurus-1 is a CubeSat project developed by Aerospace System Engineering Research...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2019 | Daily Updates
The IARU Region 3 Directors meeting was held in Tokyo September 2-3. A modified interim Region 3 bandplan was approved which included an Amateur-Satellite Service allocation in the 15m band. The Chairman of IARU Region 3 directors, Wisnu Widjaja YBØAZ and the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 12, 2019 | Daily Updates
The WSPR Picoballoon on 14.0956 USB released August 31 is about to complete its first circumnavigation of the globe after traveling 33,000 km in 12 days. AMSAT-LU appreciate any WSPR stations that help to receive it, AMSAT-LU will recognize with a certificate to...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 30, 2019 | Daily Updates
“At the insistence of the European Commission, a WRC-23 agenda item was considered necessary to address the world-wide protection of Regional Navigational Satellite Systems from amateur emissions in the band 1240-1300 MHz.” The CEPT ECC CPG met in Ankara...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
The 2019 UK High Altitude Society Conference is taking place in White City, London on Saturday, September 7. Ticket sales close August 31. The conference takes place at The Invention Rooms, 68 Wood Lane, White City, London, W12 7TA, and attracts those interested in...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
The French administration has renewed its attack on the Amateur Radio 144-146 MHz band ahead of a key CEPT ECC CPG meeting in Ankara, August 26-30. In a paper to be considered at the conference the French Administration says it is not at this time seeking Primary...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 24, 2019 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK and BATC 144-146 MHz Web-based Software Defined Radio installation at Goonhilly is now available. The WebSDR uses the standard FUNcube TLM Receive Antenna that can be purchased from the AMSAT-UK Online Store. This is being provided in collaboration with...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
CITEL, the telecommunications committee of the Organization of American States, concluded a week of meetings on Friday, August 16 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) report: These meetings have as their principal purpose to try to...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
In November the FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next satellite The team are looking for suggestions for: • Conformation of the satellite (2U / 3U) • Orbit (LEO / MEO) • STEM Outreach •...
