by Peter Goodhall | May 31, 2015 | Daily Updates
On the Planetary Society’s website Jason Davis @JasonRDavis reports LightSail is again transmitting on 437.435 MHz, AX.25, 9600 bps FSK. Jason writes: The Planetary Society’s LightSail test spacecraft reported for duty this afternoon [May 30], heralding the end...
by Peter Goodhall | May 26, 2015 | Daily Updates
JoAnne Maenpaa K9JKM, AMSAT Vice-President User Services, reports that LightSail-1 has stopped transmitting on 437.435 MHz. She says: Just read on-line at http://planet.ly/0gVop (Planetary Society) that the LightSail satellite stopped transmitting. The team is...
by Peter Goodhall | May 26, 2015 | Daily Updates
After building a 28 MHz 1/4 Wave Ground Plane antenna to replace his dipole Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL was able to receive his 10 watt signal through the PSAT CubeSat PSK31 transponder for the first time on Tuesday, May 26. Peter Martinez G3PLX posted a report to the RSGB...
by Peter Goodhall | May 25, 2015 | Daily Updates
Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV writes in the EngineerIT magazine about the potential for 29 MHz as a satellite uplink band. Universities and other scientific research institutions are using portions of the amateur spectrum for their CubeSat’s which has caused the 145...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2015 | Daily Updates
Bob Bruninga WB4APR released this update on the PSAT PSK31 CubeSat on Sunday, May 24 The PSAT PSK31 435.350 MHz FM downlink is full quieting with 6 bars using a decent UHF Yagi. But we have not seen any users other than those using the 28.120 PSK channel on HF...
by Peter Goodhall | May 24, 2015 | Daily Updates
The CAMSAT orchestrated CAS-3 amateur satellite system is now nearing completion. Nine satellites, CAS-3A – CAS3i, should be launched on July 20, 2015 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on the new CZ-6 launcher. It is understood the CZ-6 will be carrying a...
by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Martin Ehrenfried G8JNJ reports receiving the PSAT PSK31 FM downlink on the online SUWS WebSDR located at Farnham near London. Bob Bruninga WB4APR has posted two updates on May 21 and May 22 to the AMSAT Bulletin Board about the three USNA CubeSats PSAT, BRICSAT and...
by Peter Goodhall | May 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
UPDATE May 24, 2015: CAS-2A1 and CAS-2A2 will not be launching in July but nine CAS-3 series satellites will be. See the latest information at http://amsat-uk.org/2015/05/24/nine-cas-3-ham-radio-satellites/ Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on his website that Beijing may...
by Peter Goodhall | May 21, 2015 | Daily Updates
There are many 434 MHz balloon launches planned for Sunday, May 24 from Elsworth, Cambridge, wind and weather permitting. The USB FSK signals from the balloons should be receivable across much of the British Isles. Provisional frequencies so far are: 434.447 – “ECC1”...
by Peter Goodhall | May 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
At 1504 UT on Wednesday, May 20 the first of The Planetary Society’s two LightSail spacecraft blasted off into space aboard an Atlas V rocket with the X-37B space shuttle. Deployment of LightSail took place at 17:05:40.620 UT. The mission is a shakedown cruise...
