Tag " AMSAT"

Zac Manchester, KD2BHC, of the KickSat project, reports the satellite launched successfully April 18 at 1925 UTC and successfully has attained low-Earth orbit. “We at Cornell and several Amateur Radio operators around the world have made contact with the spacecraft, and it is alive and well,” Manchester reported. http://youtu.be/I7xvQgClMf0 The Cornell grad student has announced that he will...


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AMSAT-DL President, Peter Guelzow DB2OS, has confirmed there will be TWO amateur radio transponders on the Geostationary Es’hail 2 satellite planned to launch at the end of 2016 Peter Guelzow DB2OS has provided the following information: Es’HailSat-2 will carry two geostationary “Phase 4” amateur radio transponders !! As a result of a concept proposed by the Qatar Amateur Radio Society,...


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ARRL Reports: The satellite computer-aided tuning interface described in the October 2012 QST (pp. 40-43) for use with SatPC32 software and the Yaesu FT-817 transceiver is now available for sale by the ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP). The interface was created by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, as part of resource development for the ARRL ETP. You can order the board and the programmed...


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SimpleSat Look Down' is a satellite tracking program designed for ease of use and is particularly well suited for demonstrations, educational environments and people new to the satellite hobby. This program requires .Net 4 so you will have to install it if you do not have it installed already. Not sure ? Try running the program - if it runs you have it - if you do not have it you will see a message...


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The FUNcube Dongle SDR Receiver has been a huge success so far and enjoys wide acceptance with many radio amateurs for receiving satellites and other VHF/UHF communications. The only drawback so far was reception of shortwave. With the HF converter the reception of a frequency range from 0 to 52MHz now becomes possible. The converter is simply inserted in front of the FUNcube Dongle to the antenna...


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The FUNcube SDR USB dongle is an SDR (Software defined radio) receiver built as a USB stick. The receiver covers a frequency range of 64 to 1700 MHz and can display/receive a spectrum of up to 80 kHz. The FUNcube SDR receiver was developed to support the FUNcube satellite project of AMSAT-UK. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very cost effective receiver....


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During the aftermath which followed the shock of Sputnik, America sought answers and explanations. Various targets for blame included lack of science and math education, inter-service military rivalries, and postwar American complacency as a self-regarded world leader in technology, politics and emerging cultures. Our consumer culture and materialism were also to blame. American obsession with standards...


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