by Peter Goodhall | Jul 11, 2016 | Daily Updates
On July 10, 2016 the amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder on the student built satellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested. LilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015. The 40 kHz wide...
by Peter Goodhall | Jul 3, 2016 | Daily Updates
As part of the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium there will be tours of the satellite facilities at the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) Kepler building on Friday, July 29. Update July 28 – The tours are now full to capacity. SSTL can only accept...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 30, 2016 | Daily Updates
The 2016 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium is taking place at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, over the weekend of July 29-31. The event is open to all. The presentations will be streamed at https://beta.batc.tv/live/amsatuk A full programme of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
The United Arab Emirates newspaper The National reports on the Nayif-1 spacecraft developed by Emirati students from the American University of Sharjah in partnership with The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Nayif-1 carries a 435/145 MHz transponder (FUNcube-5) for...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Appledore Amateur Radio Club helped students at Caen School in Braunton, Devon with their balloon, callsign CAEN_CP1, which transmitted pictures using Slow Scan Digital Video (SSDV) on 434.250 MHz. The balloon was launched on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at the school...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 27, 2016 | Daily Updates
The 2016 edition of the book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available from the AMSAT-UK shop. This excellent book is written by G. Gould Smith, WA4SXM and Friends. This year’s edition has been thoroughly updated and the book is now 176 pages long,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 24, 2016 | Daily Updates
Es’hail 2 is a geostationary satellite which will carry two amateur radio transponders. The launch of the Es’Hail-2 satellite into a geostationary orbit is currently planned for the 3rd quarter of 2017. The coverage area of the Narrowband (NB) and Wideband (WB)...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 22, 2016 | Daily Updates
On June 22, 2016 the Indian Space Agency ISRO successfully launched several satellites carrying amateur radio payloads. The CSAT Swayam satellite was one of those launched. The 1U CubeSat carries a digital store and forward messaging system for use by the amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
Steve Hedgecock M0SHQ explained how to operate via the amateur radio satellites at Skills Night hosted by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society on Monday, June 20, 2016. He showed how to use the Elk dual-band 145/435 MHz Log Periodic Antenna to track the satellites and...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 21, 2016 | Daily Updates
This is the final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2016 which will be held from Saturday, July 30 to Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom. AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur...
