Instead of writing into magazines saying what I’ve worked on satellites I thought I’d switch it up and write blog posts instead allowing more viewers to see what can be worked, so this report is the start of that. Since moving to Scotland it has reset my DXCC/VUCC...
On Wednesday the 20th of May while away on the Isle of Mull, another group of satellites got launched into space, included in this military launch was PSAT a satellite which has onboard a APRS digi on 145.825 but a PSK transponder with a 10m uplink and 70cms downlink...
They say good things come in threes but in this case twos, the ISS again was transmitting SSTV images Saturday afternoon celebrating the 80th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to orbit Earth. Decoding images was a little tricky unlike Thursday as a lot of...
Today the Russian ARISS team members activated SSTV from the International Space Station, using the replacement Kenwood D710 transceiver located in the Russian Service Module, which has an output of around 5w which was more than enough for receiving stunning images...
Tuesday the 8th July, saw the launch of the UK Space Agency 3u cubesat called UKube-1 built by Clydespace in Glasgow, what makes this satellite even more exciting is the fact it includes a set of Funcube-2 boards covering both STEM activities and a transponder for...
This last couple of days I’ve been a bit quiet on my site regarding the launch of the Funcube-1 (AO-73) satellite which launched last week by Amsat-UK / Amsat-NL, this isn’t due to lack of interest more just the fact I’ve been busy collecting telemetry and since the...
