by Peter Goodhall | May 6, 2015 | Daily Updates
On April 27, 2015 at 1901 GMT, Cuban radio amateur Hector Martinez W5CBF/CO6CBF achieved a 7537.8 km DX contact with UK amateur Peter Atkins G4DOL via FO-29. I am pleased to report that Peter G4DOL and I had another extreme QSO on FO-29. It is my furthest contact on...
by Peter Goodhall | May 4, 2015 | Daily Updates
In 2012 St. Paul’s school student Sakshi Vagadia spoke to astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB as part of an ARISS school contact. Now, at 15, she has received her amateur radio licence VU3EXP. Sakshi has just finished her 9th grade in St. Paul’s School,...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
Friday, May 1, 2015 the Ham Video transmitter on board the Columbus module of the International Space Station was powered on and started transmitting in “Blank Transmission” (BT) mode. In this mode, the transmitter is operated without camera. The digital TV signal is...
by Peter Goodhall | May 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Monday, May 4 at around 0830 UT it is intended to activate for one orbit the AMSAT-NL FUNcube-3 transponder on QB50p1 / EO-79. TLEs are in the normal repositories, COSPAR 2014-033-R, Object# 40025. Real-time tracking at http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40025 (Click...
by Peter Goodhall | May 1, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) have requested help in identifying this picture (click for full size version). The person on the far right looks rather like the television presenter James Burke. Could it be possibly be the BBC Tomorrows World TV show from...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-NL has announced that an initial series of tests of the FUNcube transponder payload aboard the QB50p1 CubeSat have been successfully completed. QB50p1 is one of two QB50 precursor spacecraft that were launched from Yasny in Russia in June 2014. The primary...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 28, 2015 | Daily Updates
GAUSS Srl is preparing a Dnepr launch of a new satellite, UniSat-7, into a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO), carrying CubeSats and PocketQubes. The launch is planned for December 2016 and they are currently looking for payload to include in their satellite. If you are...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT is excited to announce that we have accepted an opportunity to participate in a potential rideshare as a hosted payload on a geostationary satellite planned for launch in 2017. An amateur radio payload, operating in the Amateur Satellite Service, will fly on a...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 25, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL are delighted to announce that a FUNcube communications package has been selected as a major payload for the Nayif-1 CubeSat mission. This mission is intended to provide Emirati students with a tool to design and test systems in space. It is...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 20, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Amateur Satellite Service allocations at 10.475 GHz and 47.0 GHz are being considered by Ofcom for 5G use . Ofcom has published an update on spectrum bands above 6 GHz that might be suitable for next generation mobile, often referred to as ‘5G’ – the fifth...
