by m0xtd | Sep 7, 2011 | Daily Updates
The International Amateur Radio Union satellite frequency coordination panel has agreed a frequency of 437.575 MHz for the UK satellite STRaND-1. STRaND-1 will carry an Android Smartphone and plans to use data rates of 9k6 or 19k2 bps for the AX.25 packet radio...
by m0xtd | Sep 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
40 years ago the United Kingdom’s first satellite launched on a UK built rocket went into space and now a team from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey are attempting to revive it. The Prospero spacecraft was launched by a Black Arrow rocket on...
by m0xtd | Sep 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
The G5RV Cup for Space Communications has been awarded to Paul Robinson 2E1EUB by RSGB President Dave Wilson M0OBW. The cup is awarded for advances in space communication and the presentation took place at the Telford Hamfest on Sunday, September 4. Paul was nominated...
by m0xtd | Sep 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
by Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 05, 2011 Civilian government agencies are expected to procure more satellites for operational missions in Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, and communications. In most countries, communications satellites (comsat) are...
by m0xtd | Sep 5, 2011 | Daily Updates
John Heath G7HIA has written an article about amateur radio space communications for the October edition of the British Interplanetary Society magazine Spaceflight. The Spaceflight description says: “Radio amateurs have always been keen to exploit new means of...
by m0xtd | Sep 4, 2011 | Daily Updates
In light of the anniversary of the launch of OSCAR 1 on December 12, 1961 and the launch of OSCAR 2 on June 2, 1962, the IARU Administrative Council selected the phrase, “Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years in Space” as the theme for World...
by m0xtd | Sep 3, 2011 | Daily Updates
OSCAR-11 Report September 1, 2011 Clive Wallis G3CWV says excellent signals from OSCAR-11 have been reported from stations located around the world. This report covers the period from 27 April to 01 September 2011. The satellite has continued to operate in a very...
by m0xtd | Aug 30, 2011 | Daily Updates
SDR-RADIO supports AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle Simon Brown GD4ELI/HB9DRV has enhanced his popular SDR-RADIO software to provide support for the AMSAT-UK FUNcube dongle software defined radio. SDR-RADIO.com is a Windows console for SDR receivers and transceivers. Designed...
by m0xtd | Aug 28, 2011 | Daily Updates
AO-51 operations update AO-51 Control Station, Mark Hammond, N8MH wrote a status update on this satellite. Mark noted that since the failure of the first cell on the six-cell battery the ground controllers have been limited to simple commands for basic configurations....
by m0xtd | Aug 25, 2011 | Daily Updates
The Times newspaper reports on an experiment developed by 6th form students in Canterbury that will soon fly in space and involve students not just in the UK but also Uganda. The article appeared in The Times 2 supplement for August 24 and describes how 6th form co-ed...
