JAXA to launch satellites with ham radio payloads to ISS

Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the AMSAT Bulletin Board that five satellites with amateur radio payloads…

Radio ham’s Femtosats project wins ISS Design Competition

Radio amateur Andy Filo KJ6ZGI has been announced as winner of the ISS Design Competition organised…

Sandringham students’ Amateur Radio project success

The Watford Observer newspaper reports that Sandringham School students’ amateur radio communication project gave them the…

RSGB Spectrum Forum Reports Released

The reports from the RSGB Spectrum Forum meeting held October 29, 2016 have been released. The…

HFsat will have 21 to 29 MHz transponder

US Naval Academy students are planning an amateur radio CubeSat HFsat carrying an HF transponder as…

UBAKUSAT linear transponder satellite

Turkey’s 3U CubeSat UBAKUSAT carrying an amateur radio 145/435 MHz SSB/CW transponder is planned to be…

Ham radio in National Geographic film Before Mars

The National Geographic channel have announced the release of the short film Before Mars which is…

Raspberry Pi could generate ISS HamTV video

The ARISS meeting minutes for August 16, 2016 cover the discussion about using a Raspberry Pi…

IARU issue Amateur-Satellite Service spectrum requirements

The IARU has released a revised edition of Spectrum Requirements for the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services.…

ESEO Project Update October 2016

A team of three from AMSAT-UK and Surrey Space Centre visited Forli in Italy in mid-October…