New Amateur Radio Satellite Project

AMSAT-UK Chairman Martin Sweeting, G3YJO, has announced that an Amateur Radio transponder will be part of…

AMSAT “Echo” Satellite to Open

AMSAT-NA’s new “Echo” satellite (AO-51) will be turned on for general use in FM repeat mode…

AO-51 SATELLITE WORK CONTINUES

Work continues to commission AMSAT-NA’s recently launched “Echo” satellite–now known as AO-51–for general amateur use. Primary…

ASTRONAUT CHATS WITH TURKISH STUDENTS

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, onboard the International Space Station, answered questions from students at Space…

Two Astro-Hams No Waiting

For the first time, an astronaut and a cosmonaut were on the air simultaneously from both…

AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Satellite Launched

The AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio satellite and several other payloads launched on schedule June 29 at…

Field Day fun leads to ISS chats

International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, enjoyed his time operating during the 2004 ARRL Field…

ISS astronaut uses ham radio to announce daughter’s birth

International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and his wife Renita became parents for the second…

ISS FIELD DAY 2004 OPERATION POSSIBLE

The crew of the International Space Station–astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT–could be…

SO-50 satellite now available to all Hams

AMSAT-NA says thethe SO-50 satellite–also known as SaudiSat-1C–now is available to all, and users can switch…