Aug 15, 2011
On the 3th of August during a Russian EVA on the International Space Station the new Arissat-1 satellite was launched after many delays. During the EVA there were problems too with the suspected missing UHF antenna, although people have since been able to use the SSB...
Jun 8, 2011
This morning I received my first APRS signals from NO-44 although not strong it was early audible as it passed over the UK to the north.. I was also lucky enough to be able to get a packet digi’d! Fm W3ADO-1 To BEACON Via SGATE [11:45:41]...
May 17, 2011
Since being back from the Isle of Arran I’ve been doing a lot of APRS via the ISS, we used APRS while traveling and it was a useful tool for knowing where everyone was and I’ve sort of become hooked just wish there was more activity on 144.800 in the...
Apr 13, 2011
Progress is slowly being made regarding the Envi-Ham project, and slowly getting the pieces I need, getting the license and software was a simple process and took 2 weeks from start to finish and in-between that time a second DVB World dvb-s receiver arrived in the...
Mar 22, 2011
After reading about the Envi-Ham Project in The Group for Earth Observation Journal and plenty of emails about it on weather satellite newsgroups I decided to send the ESA an email and ask about joining the project myself, this turned out to be a very simple...
Mar 17, 2011
During the first weekend of this month I took a trip to Cambridge to visit M1BXF but also pickup a second hand fully loaded ICOM IC-910X which I’m now using for satellite work and also general VHF/UHF QSOs, so far the experience with it has been fantastic and...
