Yearly Archives: 2011

Sep 19 2011

Isle of Skye on Amateur Radio Satellites Sep 24

Paul Robinson 2E1EUB, current holder of the Louis Varney G5RV cup, will be active on the Amateur Radio satellites from the Isle of Skye and Eastern Scotland starting Saturday, September 24.

2E1EUB Portable Satellite Station

2E1EUB Portable Satellite Station

He will be using the call sign 2M1EUB/P and weather permitting Paul will be active from the Isle of Skye for a week and then active for a further week from Cairngorms National Park about 80km west of Aberdeen in grid square IO67VJ.

He says he welcomes skeds, contact details via:
http://www.qrz.com/db/2E1EUB
http://www.qrz.com/db/2M1EUB

Louis Varney G5RV Cup

Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites PDF

Sep 19 2011

AMSAT-NA BOD election results

AMSAT-NA BOD election results

The 2011 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election has been completed with the following results:

Barry Baines, WD4ASW- 576
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX – 560
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA – 516
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA – 418
Mark Hammond, N8MH – 319 First Alternate
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK – 275 Second Alternate
Steve Coy, K8UD – 229

A total of 751 ballots were received

In accordance with the Bylaws of AMSAT-NA those receiving the four highest number of votes are elected as regular members of the Board of Directors for the next 2 years.
The alternates will serve for one year until the next election.

Sep 19 2011

Indian NOAA APT images with the ‘AMSAT-UKFUNcube Dongle SDR’

Indian NOAA APT images

Mahesh Vhatkay VU2IIA has used his AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR to receive weather satellite images of the Indian sub-continent.

As well as the FUNcube Dongle software defined radio his station comprised a QFH antenna with 137 MHz preamp (homebrew), WXtoIm (free version) and SpectraVue.

You can see the images at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1m9p35m44o57av#gallery:0

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/

WXtoImg software
http://www.wxtoimg.com/

SpectraVue
http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm

SDR-RADIO Beta FUNcube software
http://www.sdr-radio.com/Download/tabid/178/language/
en-GB/Default.aspx#LiveTabsContent15701

 

 

 

Sep 19 2011

Indian NOAA APT images with the 'AMSAT-UKFUNcube Dongle SDR'

Indian NOAA APT images

Mahesh Vhatkay VU2IIA has used his AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR to receive weather satellite images of the Indian sub-continent.

As well as the FUNcube Dongle software defined radio his station comprised a QFH antenna with 137 MHz preamp (homebrew), WXtoIm (free version) and SpectraVue.

You can see the images at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c1m9p35m44o57av#gallery:0

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/

WXtoImg software
http://www.wxtoimg.com/

SpectraVue
http://www.moetronix.com/spectravue.htm

SDR-RADIO Beta FUNcube software
http://www.sdr-radio.com/Download/tabid/178/language/
en-GB/Default.aspx#LiveTabsContent15701

 

 

 

Sep 15 2011

AMSAT-UK@RSGB Convention 2011

AMSAT and satellite communications

For those who enjoy AMSAT and satellite communications, Graham Shirville, G3VZV will be looking at space communications in general and then will concentrate on the FUNcube spacecraft being developed by AMSAT-UK. The FUNcube will be a small cubesat weighing less than 1.5kg. It will have both a transponder for amateur use and telemetry intended for educational outreach to primary and secondary schools. This will be followed by a talk on the FUNcube Dongle by Howard Long, G6LVB. He recently received the RSGB Fraser Shepperd Award for his research into microwave applications in radio and his work on the FUNcube satellite and Dongle.

More details of the RSGB Convention 2011 can be found here

Sep 14 2011

BD4SY 2m EME received with FUNcube Dongle

Berend Edema PA3ARK has received a 144 MHz EME transmission from Zhu ShaoHua BD4SY in Changshu City using an AMSAT-UKFUNcube Dongle SDR.

Click photo for full size.

He has also received the GB3VHF beacon on 144.430 MHz over a distance of 500 km http://twitpic.com/6kfq20

PA3ARK website in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/PA3ARK
PA3ARK YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PA3ARK
PA3ARK Twitter: http://twitter.com/PA3ARK

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube