AMSAT-India have launched their own YouTube channel. Current videos include an update on the activities and future plans for Amateur Radio satellites from India and a presentation on telemetry decoding.
Tag Archives: Ham Radio
FUNcube Dongle Pro+ LF/MF/HF/VHF/UHF Software Defined Radio Video
FUNcube Dongle Pro+ Software Defined Radio
The FUNcube Dongle Pro+ SDR is a complete redesign of the original FUNcube Dongle with many performance improvements and additional features.
It covers LF, MF, HF, VHF, UHF and L Band (coverage is 150kHz-240MHz and 420MHz to 1.9GHz), and has an increased frequency span of 192kHz.
Join AMSAT-UK
AMSAT-UK is a non-profit volunteer organisation for those interested in amateur radio space communications.
AMSAT-UK produces a quarterly newsletter OSCAR News and its members are involved in designing, building and operating amateur radio satellites.
Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in amateur radio satellites or space activities, including the International Space Station (ISS).
The Membership year lasts for 12 months starting on January 1 each year.
If you join after July 31 of any particular year, then you will receive complimentary membership for the whole of the following year, i.e. join on Oct 3, 2012, and you have nothing to pay until Dec 31, 2013.
Now is a very good time to join.
There are two rates:
UK
Rest of the World (Overseas)
These separate rates go to offset the extra postage costs involved in mailing our quarterly publication, “Oscar News”, to different parts of the World. Sample copy at http://www.amsat-uk.org/on_193_final.pdf
Join AMSAT-UK using PayPal, Debit or Credit card at
http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_9/Join-Amsat-UK.html
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.
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