Reports of Knacksat CubeSat Reception Requested

The Knacksat 1U CubeSat launched on December 3 by a SpaceX vehicle may be in safe mode. The Knacksat project team at King Mongkut’s University of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand, has speculated that launch delays may have led to battery depletion, preventing normal antenna deployment. Safe mode will let the spacecraft recharge its battery and ... [continue]

Monday, 21st January 2019

Reports of Knacksat CubeSat Reception Requested

The Knacksat 1U CubeSat launched on December 3 by a SpaceX vehicle may be in safe mode. The Knacksat project team at King Mongkut’s University of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand, has speculated that launch delays may have led to battery depletion, preventing normal antenna deployment. Safe mode will let the spacecraft recharge its battery and ... [continue]

New 2200-Meter Beacon on the Air from Australia

The Caboolture Radio Club (VK4QD) in Queensland, Australia, is now operating a beacon on 2200 meters on 137.444 kHz using the call sign VK4RBC. Australia’s telecommunications authority ACMA has granted permission for continuous operation of the beacon, using WSPR2 (6H00F1D), plus a CW identifier. The power is 1 W EIRP into a 500-meter (1,640-foot... [continue]

China to Launch Two Amateur Radio Satellites in April

Two new Chinese satellites with Amateur Radio payloads are planned for an April 5 launch, CAMSAT has reported.CAS-7A will carry H/T (21/29 MHz) and H/U (21/435 MHz) mode linear transponders, V/U linear and V/U FM transponders, a UHF CW telemetry beacon, UHF AX.25 4.8k/9.6k baud GMSK telemetry, and 3-centimeter AX.25 1 Mbps GMSK image data transmiss... [continue]

Ham radio training in mid-Essex for 2019

The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society have published their Training Diary for 2019 with a record number of Exam and Practical assessment opportunities planned before the new syllabus kicks in

Special call EI19RE active for 2019

The special call sign EI19RE will be active for the duration of 2019 to commemorate the establishment of the Dáil, the first Irish parliament

ICQ Podcast - Icom IC-9700 - First Impressions

In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Ed Durrant DD5LP and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is our first impression of the ICOM IC-9700

Run Android Peanut App on a Windows machine

Peanut is an Android voip application that allows hams talk on analogue and over the air gateways to Dstar DMR Fusion Wiresx etc using a cellphone or other Android device

GRCon18: Open Source Radio Telescopes

Who doesn’t like to look up at the night sky? But if you are into radio, there’s a whole different way to look using radio telescopes

Kerry Amateur Radio Group special callsign

KARG are pleased to announce that they will be QRV during calendar year 2019, using the special event call EI-100-YXQ

Vietnam operation

Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR), will once again be active as XV9D from Phan Tiet between November 17-30th