by Peter Goodhall | Oct 24, 2015 | Daily Updates
The University of Southampton is developing its own CubeSat with a view to obtaining a free launch on the VEGA launch vehicle. University of Southampton Small Satellite is a group of students, primarily from a physics background, who aim to get a fully functional...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Radio amateur and High Altitude Balloon enthusiast Ara Kourchians (Arko) N6ARA was among those who helped restore the Back To The Future DeLorean time machine for Universal Studios. The San Bernardino Microwave Society newsletter reported his interest in the amateur...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
The ARRL reports on the 16th International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3 triennial conference held in Bali, Indonesia, October 12-16. Working Group 2 (WG2) dealt with such operational and technical matters as emergency communication, digital modes, a common APRS...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
Chris Thompson G0KLA has released a new version of the AO-85 (Fox-1A) telemetry decoder software FoxTelem I want to announce the release of FoxTelem Version 1.01. If possible, everyone should upgrade to this new version. In addition to some new functionality it fixes...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
Two specially augmented Raspberry Pi’s called Astro Pi’s were planned to fly with UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 15. On the ISS the Astro Pi’s are planned to run experimental Python programs written...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Pedro Converso LU7ABF has posted the following information about his online satellite orbital pass prediction app. New, quick, easy & instant predictions at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm , available for satellites in use. (If that link...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
An article posted on the Raspberry Pi Foundation website describes the work of two radio amateurs at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford. Dr Chris Bridges, 2E0OBC, leads the spacecraft On-Board Data Handling group in the Surrey Space Centre at the University of...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
The FM transponder on AO-85 (Fox-1A) should not be used during October 19-23. AMSAT-NA report: After our successful launch on October 8, AO-85 has been chiefly in transponder mode and available to users. While this operational plan resulted in increased data for AMSAT...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT Symposium held in Dayton, Oct. 16-18, can now be watched online. Watch the videos at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k8ud-coy-ameritech-net AMSAT Symposium http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2880
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
The RSGB has launched a new amateur radio promotional video on their YouTube channel. The video was produced in conjunction with TX Factor and has generated lots of positive comment since it was first shown publicly at the RSGB Convention on October 10. One person...
