{"id":238386,"date":"2015-12-09T09:12:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T13:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=27388"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T13:12:36","slug":"oscar-news-issue-212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=238386","title":{"rendered":"OSCAR News Issue 212"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/oscar-news-211-front-cover1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27392\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/oscar-news-front-page-212-dec-2015.jpg?w=220&#038;h=300\" alt=\"OSCAR News front page 212 Dec 2015\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Issue 212 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on December 9, 2015. <a title=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/article_44\/Electronic-Membership-%28New-Member%29.html\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/article_44\/Electronic-Membership-%28New-Member%29.html\" >E-members<\/a> can download it <a title=\"http:\/\/www.amsatuk.me.uk\/on\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amsatuk.me.uk\/on\/\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The paper edition is usually posted 2-3 weeks after publication of the electronic issue.<\/p>\n<p>In this issue:<br \/>\n\u2022 Second Birthday of FUNcube-1<br \/>\n\u2022 More FUNcube Fitter Message activity<br \/>\n\u2022 Fun with the FUNcube<br \/>\n\u2022 Students to have direct contact with Tim Peake during the Principia mission<br \/>\n\u2022 Supporting the Principia Mission<br \/>\n\u2022 The HamTV antennas on the Columbus module on the ISS<br \/>\n\u2022 Spectrum Forum Meeting \u2013 Saturday 7th November 2015<br \/>\n\u2022 Low Cost TVSat LNB Disciplined to a 10 MHz Reference<br \/>\n\u2022 Fox-1A Update<br \/>\n\u2022 A Homemade Portable Antenna Rotator<br \/>\n\u2022 Letter from America<br \/>\n\u2022 Shorts<br \/>\n\u2022 Is your licence at risk?<\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_3395\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uk.amsat.org\/?attachment_id=3395\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3395\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3395\" title=\"20100609_AMSAT-UK_FUNcube_Mission_Patch_Rev4_751x751White-300x300\" src=\"http:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/20100609_amsat-uk_funcube_mission_patch_rev4_751x751white-300x300.png?w=593\" alt=\"AMSAT-UK FUNcube Mission Patch\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMSAT-UK FUNcube Mission Patch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Membership of AMSAT-UK is open to anyone who has an interest in amateur radio satellites or space activities, including the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n<p>E-members of AMSAT-UK are able to download OSCAR News as a convenient PDF that can be read on laptops, tablets or smartphones anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Join as an E-member at <a title=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/article_44\/Electronic-Membership-%28New-Member%29.html\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/epages\/4f1cbdc6-c5c9-428d-9655-11c28b866df9.sf\/en_GB\/?ObjectPath=\/Shops\/4f1cbdc6-c5c9-428d-9655-11c28b866df9\/Products\/44\" >Electronic (PDF) E-membership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two rates for the paper edition to cover the extra postage costs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/article_22\/UK-Membership-of-AMSAT-UK-for-one-year-%28New-Member%29.html\" >UK<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/article_24\/Overseas-Membership-of-AMSAT-UK-for-one-year-%28New-Member%29.html\" >Rest of the World (Overseas)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PDF sample copy of \u201cOscar News\u201d <a title=\"http:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/on_193_final.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/on_193_final.pdf\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join AMSAT-UK using PayPal, Debit or Credit card at<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/shop\/category_9\/Join-Amsat-UK.html\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/\" >http:\/\/shop.amsat.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>E-members can download their copies of OSCAR News <a title=\"http:\/\/www.amsatuk.me.uk\/on\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amsatuk.me.uk\/on\/\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&#038;blog=41081109&#038;%23038;post=27388&#038;%23038;subd=ukamsat&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 212 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on December 9, 2015. E-members can download it here. The paper edition is usually posted 2-3 weeks after publication of the electronic issue. In this issue: &bull; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2015\/12\/09\/oscar-news-issue-212\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&amp;blog=41081109&amp;post=27388&amp;subd=ukamsat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238387,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238386\/revisions\/238387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}