{"id":240177,"date":"2016-03-26T15:43:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T19:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=28547"},"modified":"2016-03-26T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T19:43:48","slug":"oscar-news-issue-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=240177","title":{"rendered":"OSCAR News Issue 213"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/oscar-news-211-front-cover1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-28552 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/oscar-news-front-page-213-march-2016.jpg?w=230&#038;h=300\" alt=\"OSCAR News Front Page 213 March 2016\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Issue 213 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on March 12, 2016. <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 The Tim Peake QSOs<br \/>\n\u2022 Sandringham School \u2014 the sequel<br \/>\n\u2022 The first Soyuz rocket to launch from a new cosmodrome in Russia\u2019s Far East<br \/>\n\u2022 Updates on the FUNcube Project Graham, G3VZV<br \/>\n\u2022 News from Malta<br \/>\n\u2022 QB50 Launch Switches from Alcantara Cyclone Space to NanoRacks and Kosmotras<br \/>\n\u2022 FUNcube-1 demo at the Space Studio G0MRF<br \/>\n\u2022 Soap Box &#8211; Ideas for DATV operations via Es\u2019hail-2 Daniel Cussen EI9FHB<br \/>\n\u2022 Some history concerning the HAMTV set up and the Antennas on the Columbus module. Gaston Bertels, ON4WF<br \/>\n\u2022 FUNcube-1 (AO-73) &amp; the International Space Station at Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth Bill Coombes G4ERV<\/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=28547&#038;%23038;subd=ukamsat&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue 213 of the AMSAT-UK amateur radio satellite publication OSCAR News was released on March 12, 2016. 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\/2016\/03\/26\/oscar-news-issue-213\/\">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=28547&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-240177","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\/240177","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=240177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240417,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240177\/revisions\/240417"}],"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=240177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}