ARISS school contact live webcast
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
The ARISS school contact with National Institute for Astrophysics – Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, scheduled for Saturday 12 February, will be webcast as streaming videoARISSat-1 Reception Challenge
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
AMSAT-UK has announced a ARISSat-1 reception challenge with a FUN reward. The different categories cover those with or without a FUNcube SDR dongleProposed changes to 27 MHz Amateur Radio band
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
New Zealand's national amateur radio society, NZART, have issued a statement regarding proposed changes to the country's CB licence which could give CB users access to the 26.95 to 27.3 MHz Amateur BandDave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internetNZ4O Radiowave Propagation Forecast
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
The NZ4O LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2011-07 has been published at 2200 UTC on Thursday 02/10/2011DX News from the ARRL
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activityAMSAT-UK FUNcube
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
AMSAT-UK FUNcube is an educational single CubeSat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronicsRadio Caroline campaign featured on BBC tv
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
On Wednesday evening, BBC TV's 'South East Tonight' featured a 7-minute slot about the campaign to get a medium wave licence for 60's pirate station Radio CarolineESA astronaut's ARISS contact with Italian school successful
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
On Thursday, 10 February, Middle School 'Enrico Fermi' in Villasanta, Monza Brianza, Italy, established an ARISS contact with Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA on board the International Space StationARISSat-1 Deployment
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, will step outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, February 16. While in space, they will install and retrieve experiments on the Russian segment of the complex and deploy ARISSat-1, a small ham radio satellitePLT/Plasma TV pollution video
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
Mark M6CEB has made available a video showing the RF pollution that PLT and Plasma TV's cause which ruins peoples' enjoyment of radioARISS contact planned with Astrophysics Institute in Bologna, Italy
February 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact is planned for National Institute for Astrophysics - Astronomical Observatory of Bologna. The event is scheduled Saturday 12 February 2011The K7RA Solar Update
February 11, 2011, 2:23 pm
Seven different sunspot groups were visible over the past week. The high sunspot number in the past seven days was 71 on Tuesday, and the average daily sunspot number more than doubled, rising more than 24 points to 44.3. The average daily solar flux was up nearly three points to 83.5. 71 is the highest sunspot number since May 5, 2010 when it was 77. Coincidentally, both February 8, 2010 and F...
QEX -- the March/April 2011 Issue
February 11, 2011, 12:30 pm
The March/April issue of QEX is coming soon, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you won't want to miss. QEX is the ARRL’s “Forum for Communications Experimenters.” Published bimonthly, it features technical articles, columns and other items of interest to radio amateurs and communications professionals. The mission of QEX is threefold: To provide a medium for th...
Surfin’: I See Live Hams
February 11, 2011, 12:00 pm
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
This week, your Surfin’ editor sees hams in the salt water antenna video and maybe on The Big Bang Theory.
Den Nendza, W7KMV, wrote recently to remind me about the salt water antenna video. The video demonstrates the development of a technology that uses the magnetic induction properties of salt in sea water to create a VHF antenna. US Navy engineers at ...
ARISSat-1 Transmits from the International Space Station
February 10, 2011, 11:02 pm
The crew of the International Space Station attached the AMSAT ARISSat-1 satellite to the station's external antenna and made several test transmissions this afternoon on 2 meters. A number of amateurs heard the test signals on 145.950 MHz FM, including Roland, PY4ZBZ, in Sete Lagoas, Brasil, who recorded the audio (click here to listen).
Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg...
ARISSat-1 to Be Deployed from ISS Next Week; Watch on NASA TV
February 10, 2011, 2:21 pm
Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, will step outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, February 16. While in space, they will install and retrieve experiments on the Russian segment of the complex and deploy ARISSat-1, a small ham radio satellite. NASA TV coverage will begin at 6:45 AM (CST), while the extra-vehicular activity -- commo...