by Peter Goodhall | Nov 7, 2016 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur Andy Filo KJ6ZGI has been announced as winner of the ISS Design Competition organised by component distributor Mouser. Tech Crunch reports nearly 250 ideas were submitted, everything from tools to toys to scientific instruments. The proposals were vetted...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 4, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Watford Observer newspaper reports that Sandringham School students’ amateur radio communication project gave them the opportunity to visit the UK Parliament at Westminster. The Observer says: Four students from a St Albans school showed off their...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 4, 2016 | Daily Updates
The reports from the RSGB Spectrum Forum meeting held October 29, 2016 have been released. The VHF Spectrum Report highlights the 12 dB increase in Noise Floor. The report, produced by the RSGB VHF Manager John Regnault G4SWX, notes that Ofcom have increased the noise...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 2, 2016 | Daily Updates
US Naval Academy students are planning an amateur radio CubeSat HFsat carrying an HF transponder as well as 2m APRS. They are working with Bill N6GHZ on the HF transponder card which will provide a bandwidth of 30 kHz, the frequencies are currently 21.4 MHz uplink and...
by Peter Goodhall | Nov 2, 2016 | Daily Updates
Turkey’s 3U CubeSat UBAKUSAT carrying an amateur radio 145/435 MHz SSB/CW transponder is planned to be deployed from the ISS in 2017. The linear transponder is almost the same as that on the TURKSAT-3USAT which was launched on April 26, 2013. The satellite is...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 26, 2016 | Daily Updates
The National Geographic channel have announced the release of the short film Before Mars which is the dramatic backstory of Hana and Joon Seung, identical twin sisters who will grow up to be central characters in the upcoming global event series, MARS. Shot in...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2016 | Daily Updates
The ARISS meeting minutes for August 16, 2016 cover the discussion about using a Raspberry Pi computer board to generate video to feed the ISS Digital ATV transmitter. An idea was proposed by Jean-Pierre Courjaud F6DZP for using Raspberry Pi at the transmitting ground...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2016 | Daily Updates
The IARU has released a revised edition of Spectrum Requirements for the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services. The document mentions the need for the expansion of the 20m band from 14000-14350 kHz to 14000-14400 kHz which was the spectrum originally allocated to...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 23, 2016 | Daily Updates
A team of three from AMSAT-UK and Surrey Space Centre visited Forli in Italy in mid-October where the Engineering Model of the ESEO satellite is being assembled. ESEO, The European Student Earth Orbiter, is a 50 kg satellite from ESA Education incorporating payloads...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Ericsson VHF handheld transceiver in the ISS Columbus module which is used for amateur radio voice contacts on 144.800 MHz and the packet radio digipeater on 145.825 MHz is unusable. The VHF handheld radio model that has been used by the ARISS program to connect...
