by Peter Goodhall | Jan 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
The deployment activities scheduled for Friday, January 29, 2016 include capturing CYCLOPS with the JEM Remote Manipulator System, maneuvering CYCLOPS to the deployment location, and final deployment of AggieSat4 from CYCLOPS An example of the deployment mechanism can...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 28, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Monday, January 26, 2016, Tony Wiltshire, M0TNY/ZB2TY – from Martin Lynch & Sons Ltd and Mark Haynes, M0DXR – from Kenwood UK visited Sandringham School in St Albans. A presentation and demonstration was made to Polly, M6POG, Emma, M6GJQ and...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 27, 2016 | Daily Updates
IARU Region 1 has released the papers for the Interim Meeting to be held in Vienna April 15-17, 2016. Among the papers for the C5 VHF/UHF/Microwave Committee is one on harmonizing APRS. VIE16_C5_41_1.pdf – 144 /435 MHz APRS Harmonisation The paper covers global...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 27, 2016 | Daily Updates
The AggieSat4 satellite carrying the Bevo-2 CubeSat is expected to be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on January 29, both have amateur radio payloads. Below is a timelapse of the build process of the Texas A&M student-built satellite,...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 24, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Tuesday, February 2, Steve Hedgecock M0SHQ will give a presentation to the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) on amateur radio satellites, the talk is open to all. The main part of the presentation will be on simple satellite operation using an FT-817 and hand...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI will be using amateur radio to talk to students at Brihaspati Vidhyasadan School (BVS) in Nepal on Wednesday, January 20 at 08:37:04 UT. You can listen to the audio online at https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ The Himalayan Times...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
An amateur radio village is planned for the Electromagnetic Field EMF 2016 event which takes place August 5-7, 2016 near Guildford in Surrey. London Hackspace Amateur Radio Club are planning to erect at least one of their Clark masts in the village. During EMF 2016...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
ISS school contacts provide an opportunity for radio amateurs across the country to get publicity for the hobby in their local newspaper. Simply hearing Tim Peake using amateur radio from the ISS is in itself a newsworthy event which can be used to promote your local...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 11, 2016 | Daily Updates
The ARISS Russia Team is planning to support a couple of Slow Scan Television (SSTV) events in the next few months on 145.800 MHz FM. The upcoming spacewalk (EVA) will result in the amateur radio equipment on the ISS being powered down on Friday, January 15 at about...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 10, 2016 | Daily Updates
In this video Dan Trudgian M0TGN shows how to listen to the ISS using nothing more than a handheld radio, a Yaesu VX8, from Hackpen Hill in Wiltshire. In the UK we use narrow 2.5 kHz deviation FM but the ISS transmits on 145.800 MHz with the wider 5 kHz deviation used...
