Tim Peake KG5BVI Principia Mission – Are you ready for launch ?

UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI has finished his training and has now entered the quarantine period…

UK students to have direct contact with astronaut Tim Peake during Principia mission

Working with the UK Space Agency, ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) is giving…

OSCAR News Issue 212

Issue 212 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on December 9,…

WRC-15: Amateur Bands Unsuitable for Non-Amateur Satellites

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) held in Geneva during November 2015 has recommended an agenda for…

NASA TV to cover launch of Tim Peake KG5BVI

The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch on…

More 73 on 73 Awards Issued

Paul Stoetzer N8HM reports more awards have been issued for contacts made via the AO-73 (FUNcube-1)…

IARU at WRC-15

With WRC-15 entering the 4th and final week the opportunity was taken to get most of…

Successful SSTV and Digitalker transmissions from SPROUT

On November 22, 2015 SSTV and Digitalker transmissions were made from the SPROUT amateur radio satellite…

Second Birthday of FUNcube-1

FUNcube-1 (AO-73) was launched into space two years ago on November 21, 2013. We are delighted…

SPROUT SSTV and Digitalker active every Sunday

Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format will be transmitted from the SPROUT satellite…