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[l] at 11/11/24 2:04am
ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station (ISS) on 145.800 MHz FM. It is scheduled to start on Monday, November 11, at 11:50 GMT and end Monday, November 18, at 14:10 GMT. There Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, ARISS, Ham Radio, ISS, SSTV]

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[l] at 10/19/24 3:39pm
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Robert Drake Primary School located in Essex, UK. ARISS conducts Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 10/12/24 2:56pm
It was with great pleasure that at the AMSAT-UKGala Dinner, Dave Johnson, G4DPZ, Hon Sec AMSAT-UKpresented Phil Crump M0DNY with the G3AAJ cup for hiscontribution to the amateur satellite service.

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 10/12/24 10:16am
The stream will begin at 08:30 UTC.Sundays programme can be found at https://rsgb.services//public/events/convention/RSGB_2024_Convention_Sunday_programme.pdf

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 10/12/24 2:58am
Live stream for AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2024 now live at https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ve4q43pdF0list=PLTDI7lbh1cWpwM8zgO5CYJgRJlSPK4k8Z Saturday programme of the RSGB Convention and colloquium can be found at https://rsgb.services//public/events/convention/RSGB_2024_Convention_Saturday_programme.pdf Streaming provided by BATC

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 10/12/24 2:58am
Live stream for AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2024 now live at https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ve4q43pdF0list=PLTDI7lbh1cWpwM8zgO5CYJgRJlSPK4k8Z Saturday programme of the RSGB Convention and colloquium can be found at https://rsgb.services//public/events/convention/RSGB_2024_Convention_Saturday_programme.pdf Streaming provided by BATC

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 10/4/24 4:45am
ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station, scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 8, at 16:00 GMT and running until Monday, October 14, at 14:10 GMT. There will be an interruption on Friday, Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, ARISS, Ham Radio, ISS, SSTV]

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[l] at 10/4/24 2:40am
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and members of Girlguiding Surrey West County, at the Brooklands Museum and Brookland Innovation Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, ARISS, Duchess of Edinburgh, Ham Radio, ISS, Sunita Williams]

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[l] at 9/29/24 6:45am
AMSAT-UK is delighted to have been able to accept an opportunity to provide a FUNcube Lite payload, with a mode U/V FM transponder, for the exciting Jovian-1 satellite. This 6U CubeSat is being designed and built by Space South Central Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, CubeSat, FUNcube, Ham Radio, Jovian-1]

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[l] at 9/24/24 8:14am
AMSAT-UK is delighted to have been able to accept an opportunity to provide a FUNcube Lite payload, with a mode U/V FM transponder, for the exciting Jovian-1 satellite.   This 6U CubeSat is being designed and built by Space South Central  which is the Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 9/15/24 8:18am
The GreenCube satellite, developed by S5LAB, has likely ceased functioning due to radiation damage. After a successful mission that exceeded expectations, the satellite is no longer responding to commands, and its onboard radio is believed to have been compromised by Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates]

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[l] at 7/25/24 12:50am
AMSAT-UK is pleased to announce that the 2024 Colloquium will take place alongside the RSGB Convention at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ on the weekend of 12/13th October 2024. As in previous years, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, AMSAT-UK, Colloquium, CubeSat, satellite, Space]

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[l] at 7/11/24 4:28am
E-members of AMSAT-UK can now download the July 2024 edition of OSCAR News, issue 244, here. The paper edition edition will be sent to postal members and should arrive in the next 2-3 weeks. In this issue: • From the Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, CubeSat, Ham Radio, Oscar News, satellite]

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[l] at 5/28/24 2:46am
Every few years the myth that Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was a radio amateur crops up again. This myth started in the early 1980s and has been debunked numerous times since but it still appears on websites listing Famous Hams. Martin Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Hoax, Myth, UA1LO, Yuri Gagarin]

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[l] at 5/22/24 6:35am
On May 26, at 1300 GMT AMSAT-LU plans (weather permitting) to launch a balloon carrying a linear multimode transponder V➤U, CW, SSB, FM, APRS LU7AA-11 and VIDEO. It could last 9 hours if it reaches 82,000 feet height landing in Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, balloon, HAB, Ham Radio, TRANSPONDER]

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[l] at 5/12/24 3:17am
On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Gopan VO1/M0XUU (VU3HPF) succeeded in making the first contact from North America through the amateur radio QO-100 geostationary satellite transponder located at 26° East. Gopan was in Newfoundland which is just outside the coverage area Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Newfoundland, QO-100, satellite]

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[l] at 5/12/24 3:17am
On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Gopan VO1/M0XUU (VU3HPF) succeeded in making the first contact from North America through the amateur radio QO-100 geostationary satellite transponder located at 26° East. Gopan was in Newfoundland which is just outside the coverage area Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Newfoundland, QO-100, satellite]

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[l] at 5/5/24 6:59am
During May there are plans for two separate attempts to make contacts from Newfoundland using the QO-100 geostationary satellite amateur transponders. Newfoundland is just outside the coverage area of QO-100, the elevation at Signal Hill at St. Johns is -0.9°, Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, DATV, FT8, Ham Radio, QO-100, satellite]

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[l] at 5/2/24 12:12pm
Rome, April 30, 2024 AMSAT Italia is proud to announce the acquisition of the quote of property of the IO-117 “GreenCube” satellite. The other part of the property remains on behalf of “Sapienza University”, Rome, Italy. A collaborative work Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, AMSAT Italia, AMSAT-Italy, GreenCube, Ham Radio, IO-117]

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[l] at 4/15/24 12:36pm
An ARISS contact is scheduled with students at Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, U.K. at 11:33 BST (10:44 GMT) on Wednesday April 17 on 145.800 MHz FM. Amateur Radio on the International Space Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, ARISS, Ham Radio, ISS]

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[l] at 4/1/24 10:28am
On March 27, 2024, Belgiums regulator the BIPT published draft restrictions on amateur radio operation  in the 23cm (1240-1300 MHz) band. The new restrictions include: Class A (equiv UK Full, USA Extra) size of band reduced from 60 MHz Continue reading

[Category: Daily Updates, 1240 MHz, 23cm, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, satellite]

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