by Peter Goodhall | Aug 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
ARISS International Delegates, its Board of Officers, and international team members will meet at Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan on August 20-23, 2015 for a critical meeting to discuss ARISS strategy, teamwork, hardware and operations. Delegates are voting members of ARISS-I...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
RSGB President John Gould G3WKL highlights Amateur Satellites, FUNcube and the RSGB Youth Committee in a letter, an edited version of which appears on page 30 of the October issue of PC Pro Magazine, in the shops now. See the full text of John’s letter at...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-NL transponder on EO-79 is being activated to support the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW). On the AMSAT Bulletin Board Wouter PA3WEG posted: We apologize for the short notice, this opportunity came along very last minute, and again we...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
At the CEPT CPG-PTA-8 meeting in Catania, Sicily, July 21-24, 2015 several amateur radio allocations were discussed. The minutes contain these items of interest to the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services: 4.13.1.1 IMT/MBB above 6 GHz 4.13.1.3 Amateur allocation to...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
The lectures at the Chaos Computer Camp, taking place August 13-17 in Mildenberg, Germany, are being streamed live to the web. Among the attendees is radio amateur Michael Ossmann, AD0NR, who was guest speaker at the 2015 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT / TAPR banquet. The...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 13, 2015 | Daily Updates
The SUWS WebSDR, a popular resource for the Amateur Satellite and 434 MHz High Altitude Balloon communities, has recently been upgraded to support VLF and 49.990 MHz for Meteor Scatter observations. The SUWS team hope that these new bands will further enhance the...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 12, 2015 | Daily Updates
The CEPT CPG-PTA-8 meeting in Catania, Sicily, July 21-24, discussed a number of issues related to WRC-15 among them a paper submitted by The Netherlands – Small satellites: further aspects for the development of a future agenda item. The paper’s summary...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
A BAA RAG Workshop on Meteor Scatter is planned for Saturday, October 31 in Northampton, the keynote speaker will be Jean-Louis Rault F6AGR. Paul Hyde G4CSD writes: Please note that we are going to hold a one-day workshop on Meteor Scatter at Northampton Natural...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 11, 2015 | Daily Updates
Run by the Brecon & Radnor Amateur Radio Society, GB1DS will operate on most bands and satellites on the weekend of August 15-16, coinciding with the annual Perseids meteor shower which will make for an incredible operation. In co-operation with the Brecon Beacons...
by Peter Goodhall | Aug 10, 2015 | Daily Updates
A newspaper story says a Swindon radio amateur was believed to be the first in the UK to contact an astronaut on a space station, the Russian Mir, which hosted UK and USA astronauts. The story published in the Swindon Advertiser on August 7 says: “…it took...
