Tag: satellite

Amateur radio satellite spreads Fight Coronavirus message
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Amateur radio satellite spreads Fight Coronavirus message

Indonesia’s national amateur radio society ORARI reports the ham radio satellite LAPAN-A2 (IO-86) is being used to send a Fight Coronavirus message using APRS. A translation of…

Look4Sat: Radio satellite tracker – APP
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Look4Sat: Radio satellite tracker – APP

Ham radio and weather satellite tracker and passes predictor inspired by Gpredict Main features: – Calculating satellite passes for up to one week (168 hours)…

New Vehicle Mounting Solution for the IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio
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New Vehicle Mounting Solution for the IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio

Icom has introduced a mobile mount for the IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio. The new solution comprises of a heavy-duty BC-247 cradle, an HM-222 fist mic…

CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite to Launch December 20th
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CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite to Launch December 20th

CAMSAT’s CAS-6 satellite is scheduled to launch at 03:21 UTC on December 20, 2019. CAS-6 is a payload on the technology test satellite Tianqin-1, which…

AztechSat-1 CubeSat to Demonstrate Intra-Satellite Communication
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AztechSat-1 CubeSat to Demonstrate Intra-Satellite Communication

The AztechSat-1 CubeSat, which traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) last weekend on the 19th Space-X Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission for NASA, will listen for…

Elk Log Periodic 2M/440LBB, Review/Satellite Antenna
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Elk Log Periodic 2M/440LBB, Review/Satellite Antenna

Antenna Tower Rotor XTR36MG @ A71VV November 29, 2019 No comments Read more 90’ MAGNETIC LOOP T3FD TERMINATED FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA November 28, 2019 No…

IARU update regarding Amateur Satellite allocations
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IARU update regarding Amateur Satellite allocations

The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference reports on the status of two issues affecting the amateur satellite service. In a report written by Dave…

Student satellite hardware developments at Surrey Space Centre – Dr Chris Bridges (M0IEB)
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Student satellite hardware developments at Surrey Space Centre – Dr Chris Bridges (M0IEB)

Antenna 5 Elements wire yagi for 80m November 11, 2019 No comments There were a lot of questions on wirebeam yagi on 80m. Here is…

Report on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite carrying amateur radio
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Report on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite carrying amateur radio

Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes, October 12-13,…

IARU Region 2 agrees to 15m satellite allocation
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IARU Region 2 agrees to 15m satellite allocation

PHOTO: ES5TV The 20th General Assembly of IARU Region 2 in Lima Peru ended on Wednesday, October 3, 2019. Participating in the Assembly were a…

Icom IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio
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Icom IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio

“Video, presented by James Heming which provides a comprehensive introduction to the Icom IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio system, how it works, features of the radio…

Promise of a Solar Storm & Satellite Environment Check-In | Space Weather News 08.22.2019
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Promise of a Solar Storm & Satellite Environment Check-In | Space Weather News 08.22.2019

Antenna Antennas for Difficult Situations: Ask Dave Episode 7 June 22, 2016 No comments     Read more SteppIR UrbanBeam, “Step by Step” Assembly and…

FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
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FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding

An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address concerns expressed by ARRL and…

Chinese Satellite Profiles Earth’s RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit
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Chinese Satellite Profiles Earth’s RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit

the Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The microsatellite…

BUILDING A DIY 2.4 GHZ HELICAL FEED FOR THE QO-100/ES’HAIL-2 SATELLITE
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BUILDING A DIY 2.4 GHZ HELICAL FEED FOR THE QO-100/ES’HAIL-2 SATELLITE

Review SDRplay HF Diversity Demo August 12, 2019 No comments Read more Airspy HF+ Discovery – Overview & Brief Testing August 11, 2019 No comments…

Learning Amateur Radio Satellites, Ham Satellite Info
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Learning Amateur Radio Satellites, Ham Satellite Info

Antenna 3/3 (6) element 50/70MHz Yagi (1.2m) July 26, 2019 No comments An Excellent Dual Band Yagi for 50/70MHz with 1.2m boom Model: DB-664 A…

Chinese CAS-7B Satellite Carrying an FM Transponder to Launch
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Chinese CAS-7B Satellite Carrying an FM Transponder to Launch

Another Amateur Radio satellite is set to launch from China. CAMSAT CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, reports that CAS-7B (BP-1B) is expected to launch on July…

TX Factor Show: Demonstration of QO-100 satellite operation
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TX Factor Show: Demonstration of QO-100 satellite operation

The TX Factor show visits the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park where Noel Matthews G8GTZand Graham Shirville G3VZV demonstrate how to set up and operate using the amateur radio…

Historic Amateur Radio Contact Reported via Moon-Orbiting Satellite
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Historic Amateur Radio Contact Reported via Moon-Orbiting Satellite

A contact between a radio amateur in Germany and China took place on July 1 via the moon-orbiting LO-4 satellite, DSLWP-B, launched in May 2018….

Building An Autonomous Satellite Tracker For Ham Radio, Part 1
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Building An Autonomous Satellite Tracker For Ham Radio, Part 1

“This is part 1 in this mini series of my progress on building the WB0OEW Autonomous satellite tracker. In this video I went shopping for…

16-year-old ham radio satellite builder in the press
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16-year-old ham radio satellite builder in the press

16-year-old radio amateur Julián Fernández EA4HCD was interviewed by the newspaper El Mundo Chronicle about his FossaSat-1PocketQube satellite. A Google translation of an extract of the articlesays: …at the…

HS10KING on QO-100 geostationary satellite
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HS10KING on QO-100 geostationary satellite

To strengthen the relationship between Thai and Japanese amateur radio operators representatives of the JAMSAT group of Japan have travelled to Thailand to visit the…

China Set to Launch New Amateur Satellite with “Sail Ball” Stabilization
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China Set to Launch New Amateur Satellite with “Sail Ball” Stabilization

Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) has announced the impending launch of the CAS-7B satellite, also designated as BP-1B, a short-lived spacecraft that will carry an Amateur Radio…

HF Clock / Satellite Tracker /Solar Index Touchscreen Terminal
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HF Clock / Satellite Tracker /Solar Index Touchscreen Terminal

HFClock Internet Based Clock System – 9″ Tiger Maple Frame The HFClockTM represents the industry’s first highly integrated clock designed for use by amateur radio…

First Ham Satellite — OSCAR 1 — will Join AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Dayton
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First Ham Satellite — OSCAR 1 — will Join AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Dayton

A working prototype of OSCAR 1, Amateur Radio’s first satellite, will be on display at AMSAT’s Dayton Hamvention® booth. AMSAT’s exhibit will be in Building…