Tag Archives: AMSAT-UK

Apr 21 2012

Sponsor Plaques Fitted at National Radio Centre

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Dave Johnson G4DPZ with NRC Sponsor Plaques

Sponsor plaques have now been fitted in the reception to the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park.

Dave Johnson G4DPZ is one of a number of individuals and organisations who either gave freely of their time or supplied equipment to make the National Radio Centre the premier exhibition that it is.

AMSAT-UK donated the WiMo X quads for 144 and 430 MHz along with pre amps and polarisation switches for the amateur radio satellite station. They are connected to a Kenwood TS-2000 loaned by Kenwood Electronics.

A full list of NRC sponsors can be seen at http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/nrc-sponsors.php

AMSAT-UK on Amateur Radio Satellites for World Amateur Radio Day http://www.uk.amsat.org/6516

Apr 9 2012

PY4ZBZ captures stunning image from Noaa 15 using AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle.

Roland (PY4ZBZ) used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF software defined radio to capture this stunning image from Noaa 15

Noaa 15 Image

“NOAA-15 vertical pass over my QTH
Sete Lagoas GH70un Brasil
Received with FCD+DCA antenna+Spectravue”

The FUNcube Dongle was developed as part of the educational outreach for AMSAT-UK FUNcube satellite project. Although it was designed  to enable school students to receive the satellite beacon the wide frequency coverage of 64 – 1700MHz has meant that it can be used for many other applications.

The AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF SDR is available at http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/
It is also sold by Martin Lynch & Sons (ML&S) at http://tinyurl.com/MLandS-FCD

FUNcube Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube

Apr 8 2012

AMSAT-UK 80 Meter Net recording 8th April 2012

The AMSAT-UK net is held every Sunday morning at 10am local time on a nominal frequency of 3.780 MHz. Due to interference the net may move either side of that frequency so tune around. Newcomers are most welcome to call-in.

Latest AMSAT-UK 80 Meter Net recording- HERE Sunday 8th April 2012.

 

SDR-Radio Console

Simon Brown HB9DRV in Switzerland has made available  recordings of Sunday’s AMSAT-UK 80m net that he made using a remote receiver in Poole, Dorset. What is remarkable about this recording is that a 20 km long experimental 2.4 GHz WiFi link was used at the Dorset end.

You can listen to the remote radio of Paul M0EYT in Poole, Dorset as well as other remote receivers in the United Kingdom and around the world via the Web Servers (Free)  page at http://www.sdr-radio.com/

or try listening to the Dutch 80m web SDR at http://www.nachtuilen.net/

Previous Net Recordings http://www.ham-radio.ch/kits/sdr-radio.com/mp3/

Pop into the AMSAT-UK net for a chat this Sunday All are welcome.

Please allow a few Hours after the Net for the latest recording to appear

73

AMSAT-UK

Mar 18 2012

AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 Launch Fund

Just a reminder of the launch Fund that has been created for the FUNcube-1 Cubesat Satellite, all donations are very much appreciated, and will help towards the cost of launching the FUNcube-1 satellite in 2012.

AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 Launch Fund:  http://tinyurl.com/7t24yol

UK_FUNcube_Mission_Patch

For more information on the FUNcube-1 Cubesat project visit: http://funcube.org.uk/
For more information on the FUNcube Dongle (the SDR receiver for FUNcube) visit here: http://www.funcubedongle.com/

Mar 11 2012

AMSAT-UK Net Recorded via 20 km WiFi Link (March 11th)

AMSAT-UK Net Recorded via 20 km WiFi Link

Simon Brown HB9DRV in Switzerland has made available a recording of Sunday’s AMSAT-UK 80m net that he made using a remote receiver in Poole, Dorset. What is remarkable about this recording is that a 20 km long experimental 2.4 GHz WiFi link was used at the Dorset end.

The AMSAT-UK net is held every Sunday morning at 10am local time on a nominal frequency of 3.780 MHz. Due to interference the net may move either side of that frequency so tune around. Newcomers are most welcome to call-in.

Listen to the AMSAT-UK Net recorded Sunday, March 11th, 2012. Due to the experimental nature of the 20 km WiFi link there are a few breaks in the recording.

http://www.ham-radio.ch/kits/sdr-radio.com/mp3/11-Mar-2012-1058%203.750MHz.mp3

Previous Net Recordings http://www.ham-radio.ch/kits/sdr-radio.com/mp3/

You can listen to the remote radio of Paul M0EYT in Poole, Dorset as well as other remote receivers in the United Kingdom and around the world via the Web Servers (Free)  page at http://www.sdr-radio.com/

Or try listening to the Dutch 80m web SDR at http://www.nachtuilen.net/

Another web based radio site is http://www.websdr.org/

Nine band web SDR http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Online Receivers http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Internet_and_Radio/Online_Receivers/

Mar 4 2012

We invite you to write an article for AMSAT-UK OSCAR NEWS.

If you have written or would like to write an article for AMSAT-UK’s OSCAR News, please email your articles including any photo and artwork to m0tfo@amsat.org

A sample copy of OSCAR NEWS can be found here http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf

 

We are looking for articles relating to ham radio satellites or anything related to ham radio in space. This can be anything from tips on working your favorite satellite
to using satellite tracking software or your latest project.

Please state within your Email: “For publication”