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EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
EQUiSat – Image Credit Brown University
Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat.
It will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. The Radio Beacon is planned to operate in the 435-438 MHz band.
The Sound of Earthsong
The Sound of Earthsong – NASA image
Ham Radio gets a brief mention in this NASA video about the eerie-sounding radio emissions from around Earth.
BAA-RAG Meeting – National Space Centre Leicester
The BAA Radio Astronomy Group (BAA-RAG) have an impressive line-up of speakers for their General Meeting taking place Saturday, October 27, 10:30 to 17:30 at the National Space Centre, Leicester, LE4 5NS. The event is open to all.
Sid May ET3SID / AB3OZ / G4CTQ Silent Key
Sid May ET3SID AB3OZ G4CTQ
Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society Chairman Sid May ET3SID / AB3OZ / G4CTQ passed away September 25.
Sid had recently contacted AMSAT-UK regarding an amateur radio CubeSat project he planned to start in Ethiopia.
He had been looking forward to attending the National Hamfest at Newark during a planned visit to the UK for medical treatment.
Sid helped form the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society. An article in the Ethiopian Herald newspaper about amateur radio in that country says:
“In the words of Mr. May a group of radio Amateurs visited Ethiopia in January 1993, with their equipment to operate from the country. He said that it was during this time the existing licensed amateurs namely ET3AZ, 9E2A, ET3SID, 9F2CW and ET3DX formed, with other interested persons, the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society in name.”
In July 2011 Sid organized an RSGB International RAE exam in Addis Ababa and later in December 2011 he took part in administering the FCC exams which saw 57 people achieve passes enabling them to get USA amateur radio licenses, a significant turning point for amateur radio in Ethiopia.
UKube-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat books a ride on Soyuz-2
Artist’s Impression of UKube-1 in space – Credit Clyde Space
UKube-1 – the UK Space Agency’s first CubeSat mission – has ‘booked’ its journey into space on a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket. The launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan is expected to take place in March 2013.
UKube-1 carries an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder built by members of AMSAT-UK.
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