Tag Archives: Satellite

5 Differences Between Satellite Radio And AM/FM

Posted on 9 May, 2011 by admin

With the constant evolving nature of radio over the years, satellite radio has come into existence. In the past, listeners only had the benefit of AM and FM Stations. Now, radio has been taken into space, with broadcasts available from … Continue reading →

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Ham Radio Satellite Tracking Software for the Mac

Posted on 25 March, 2011 by admin

MacDoppler for Cocoa was re-written from the ground up to take full advantage of all the great Cocoa capabilities in OS X on PPC as well as Intel hardware. MacDoppler will provide any level of station automation you need from … Continue reading →

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5 New HAM Satellites in Orbit

Posted on 20 November, 2010 by admin

FASTRAC-1, FASTRAC-2, NanoSail-D2, O/OREOS and RAX were launched at 01:24 UT on Saturday Nov 20, reports of the signals are needed. So far signals have been reported from FASTRAC-2 (Emma), O/ORES and RAX. Nominal Frequencies: – FASTRAC-1 “Sara Lily” 437.345 … Continue reading →

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Personal Satellite for 8000 USD

Posted on 21 July, 2010 by admin

Planet Earth has entered the age of the Personal Satellite with the introduction of Interorbital’s TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit. The new IOS TubeSat PS Kit is the low-cost alternative to the CubeSat. It has three-quarters of the mass (0.75-kg … Continue reading →

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GoSatWatch

Posted on 22 March, 2010 by admin

Satellite tracking on the iPhone/iPod touch. Track and predict visible satellite passes. Touch a satellite in the map view to see it’s orbit path and location. The Overhead sky view shows what is in the sky for your location. Touch … Continue reading →

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How to catch the HAM Satellite

Posted on 10 November, 2009 by admin

The “MAKE” magazine was published an interesting article (IMHO). Read below. Photo: “MAKE” My favorite ham activity is making contacts via satellites. Not only is there the romantic notion of sending messages into outer space, but you have to trace … Continue reading →

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Radio Amateurs supporting a “STS-127” mission in space

Posted on 10 November, 2009 by admin

video from Henk, PA3GUO showing Amateur Radio’s involvement in the experiment. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGvRnqII0j8 TKS to PA3GUO

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