by Peter Goodhall | Oct 31, 2018 | Daily Updates
For easier navigation of US FCC Satellite related filings Luke Rehmann has built an RSS feed of the FCC’s ELS and IBFS systems. The FCC Experimental Licensing System provides companies with temporary authorization to conduct temporary experimental wireless...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 29, 2018 | Daily Updates
The Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos bankas) has released a commemorative gold 5 Euro coin featuring the amateur radio satellites LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) and LitSAT-1. The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on January 9, 2014 and deployed...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2018 | Daily Updates
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has said it will vote in November on whether to allow U.S. GPS receivers to access the Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS). From an Amateur Radio perspective the key part is that the FCC will only be voting to...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 25, 2018 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Dave Honess M6DNT is interviewed in the popular Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi about “Taking Education to the Stars”. The article, on pages 84/85 of issue 75 November 2018 MagPi, covers the educational role of the two Astro Pi units on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
ESA reports the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) has concluded its test campaign. The ESEO student teams gathered in the Netherlands, October 18, 2018 for a last precious lesson before the satellite is launched. ESEO carries an amateur radio 1260 to 145 MHz FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2018 | Daily Updates
Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ / M0HXM reports decoding a JT4G amateur radio signal from the LO-94 (DSLWP-B) spacecraft that was reflected off the Moon. Daniel says “JT4G is a digital mode designed for Earth-Moon-Earth microwave communications, so it is tolerant to high...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2018 | Daily Updates
Amateur Radio On The International Space Station (ARISS) is planning a very special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event from about 1000 UT Saturday, Oct. 27 until 1930 UT Monday, Oct. 29 on 145.800 MHz FM using PD-120. UPDATE 0930 GMT Oct. 28: SSTV pictures were sent...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2018 | Daily Updates
The JOTA-JOTI FUNcube Challenge involved the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) satellite which transmitted a special Enigma message during Jamboree On The Air (JOTA-JOTI) on October 19-21. The message was coded using the Enigma cipher machine. After receiving the message, transmitted...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 20, 2018 | Daily Updates
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor KG5TMT, who is currently on the International Space Station, was active on 145.800 MHz FM making contacts on Saturday, October 20 using the callsign NA1SS. Watch a video at twitter.com/supercazzola/status/1053659932292247552 The...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 19, 2018 | Daily Updates
In space, satellites can be found. A recent development in this area are the “CubeSat” satellites. Normal satellites typically have a size ranging from that of a washing machine to a small truck. CubeSats have the size of a milk-carton! The JOTA-JOTI FUNcube Challenge...
