by Peter Goodhall | Aug 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
A joint paper by France, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia and The Netherlands for the CEPT CPG meeting in Ankara, August 26-30, attacks the continued use by Radio Amateurs of our 1240-1300 MHz band. This is the final CEPT CPG meeting in preparation for the ITU World...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2019 | Daily Updates
Paul Marsh M0EYT gave a presentation titled ‘All you need to know to get going on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite’ at Hamfest 2019 in Dorset on Sunday, August 11. The 50 minute talk covered satellite information, software, hardware, dish...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 4, 2019 | Daily Updates
Small-Satellites, High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) and 47 GHz were among the topics discussed at the ITU-D 19th Global Symposium for Regulators in Port Vila, Vanuata, July 9-12. The background paper ‘Preparing for WRC-19 – Understanding the issues at...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 4, 2019 | Daily Updates
The popular ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast has been running for over 11 years and on August 4, 2019, the ICQ Podcast team released their 300th edition which features an interview with Treasurer and Past President of AMSAT Keith Baker KB1SF. The first edition of ICQ Podcast...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 1, 2019 | Daily Updates
Sweden’s national amateur radio society, the SSA, has sent a supplementary letter to the communications regulator PTS ahead of the next meeting of the CEPT ECC Conference Preparatory Group CPG-19. The SSA report: At a previous CEPT meeting (PTA), France has...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 31, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Interoperable Radio System (IORS), ARISS’ next generation radio system successfully completed a battery of stressful tests required as part of the final certification of the hardware for launch to and operation on the International Space Station. During the...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 26, 2019 | Daily Updates
ARISS Russia is planning Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station. Below is the scheduled for the planned activation of SSTV from the ISS. The first session is the routine MAI-75 activity that is only...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 25, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Radio Club de Chile has announced the reactivation of the AMSAT-CE Foundation. The Government of Chile has announced a plan to renew the Chilean Air Force Fasat Charlie satellite, along with promoting the construction of several micro and nano satellites. This...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 21, 2019 | Daily Updates
High school students in Brazil are building a ground station for the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 geostationary satellite as part of a STEM education project. A group of eight students, from Colégio Embraer Casimiro Montenegro Filho in Botucatu state of São...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
The Board of Directors of Iceland’s nation amateur radio society, the IRA, has authorized the purchase of equipment to operate via the amateur radio transponder on the QO-100 (Es’hail 2) geostationary satellite. A translation of the IRA post reads: The...
