-
07/08/2015 | CAMSAT Renames, Postpones Six-Satellite Launch:
CAMSAT has announced new nomenclature for the six satellites that it planned to launch this summer. CAS-3A through F have been redesignated as the XW-2 (Hope-2) amateur satellite system — XW-2A through F.
Learn More -
05/28/2015 | Hams Invited to Test APRS on Duchifat-1 CubeSat
The Herzliya Science Center is inviting stations with the ability to send compressed APRS packets to take part in testing the Duchifat-1 CubeSat, launched almost 1 year ago by high school students in Israel.
Learn More -
Feature
01/26/2013 | The Amateur Amateur: Talking to MyselfKerchunk, kerchunk. You know what that noise means, right? That was the sound of me “testing my radio” when I first got my license. Bet you did it, too. Oh? You claim you never did anything so impertinent as to key up and unkey, just to convince yourself
Learn More -
Feature
06/21/2011 | The Amateur Amateur: CablegrimThe cables are out to get me, there’s no doubt about it. I should have known as soon as my first DB9 serial to USB cable went sour on me. I attributed the problem to a nearby lightning strike, which did indeed scramble a number of my electronic devices. B
Learn More -
11/20/2010 | Hams Invited to Listen for New Satellites
Amateurs have an opportunity to monitor three new research satellites.
Learn More -
06/16/2008 | First Image from CUTE-1.7 +APD II Satellite
The ground control station at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has downloaded the first color image taken by the CUTE-1.7 +APD II Amateur Radio satellite. The satellite was 620 km above the Earth at 28.905 degrees North and 146.040 degrees East when the
Learn More