by Peter Goodhall | Jan 5, 2015 | Daily Updates
Limited testing of the FUNcube-2 435/145 MHz linear transponder on the UKube-1 spacecraft has been undertaken during the recent holiday period. This testing has shown that the transponder is able to work effectively and that it is capable of a similar performance to...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
Tama Art University Ground Station has decided to conclude attempts to receive the ARTSAT2:DESPATCH spacecraft, amateur radio callsign JQ1ZNN. One month has past since Deep Space Sculpture “ARTSAT2:DESPATCH(FO-81)” was put into an Earth-escape orbit as a...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 2, 2015 | Daily Updates
The WIA highlights an ABC news story about the spacecraft being developed by radio amateurs Robert Brand VK2URB and his 12-year-old son Jason VK2FJAB. The WIA news report says: An Australian man and his 12-year-old son are hoping to make history with the development...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 24, 2014 | Daily Updates
A new paper has been released by Dr David Morgan 2W0CXV on using the RTL2841 DVB TV Dongle as a SDR processor with SpectrumLab. The paper Techniques for using the RTL Dongle for Detecting Meteors covers the setting up and use of the dongle to receive meteor pings from...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
Harold Giddings KR0SIV describes how he Tweeted using amateur radio and the International Space Station. He says: I sent a message to the International Space Station, it transmits it back down to groundstations in its view and those stations send the message to the...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 23, 2014 | Daily Updates
On December 23 FUNcube-1 / AO-73 was switched into full-time transponder mode with low-power beacon. It will remain in that mode for the next 5-7 days. Enjoy the transponder. With best wishes for the Festive Season, and for 2015 FUNcube Team
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 21, 2014 | Daily Updates
Both Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB and Michal Zawada SQ5KTM have released videos of ISS school contacts by cosmonaut Yelena Serov operating with the callsign RS0ISS which took place on Sunday, December 21, 2014. The amateur radio station in the Russian Service Module was used...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 20, 2014 | Daily Updates
Standing in a car park, I was able to successfully receive the images using a handheld 3 element 144 MHz Yagi antenna connected to a RTL-SDR USB dongle. The dongle was connected to Windows-8 tablet using a USB OTG cable. I was running SDR# to listen and record the FM...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 19, 2014 | Daily Updates
Thanks to radio amateur Chip Sufitchi N2YO the European Space Agency’s new satellite tracking widgets are live. The tracking widgets are fed with the latest orbital tracks for ESA missions, or missions with significant ESA participation. The default track shows...
by Peter Goodhall | Dec 18, 2014 | Daily Updates
During Thursday, December 18 the Russian ARISS team members successfully activated the amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station (ISS) on 145.800 MHz FM. Further transmissions using the callsign RS0ISS are planned for Saturday,...
