FUNcube-1 (AO-73) was launched into space two years ago on November 21, 2013  We are delighted to be able to report that more than 900 stations, including many schools around the world, have received the telemetry from the spacecraft since launch. Our Data Warehouse is storing more than...

SPROUT SSTV active Sundays Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format will be transmitted from the SPROUT amateur radio satellite every Sunday (Japanese Standard Time)  The SSTV and Digitalker transmissions will be made on 437.600 MHz FM (+/- 9 kHz Doppler shift). SPROUT...

ARISS contact for school in Lecce, Italy An International Space Station contact is planned  for Scuola Media Statale 'G. Marconi', Soleto, Lecce, Italy. The event is scheduled for Monday 23 November 2015 at 09:21 UTC, which is 10.21 CEWT. This will be a telebridge contact between NA1SS and...

Sunday, the 22nd, could be when VI0ANZAC gets on the air from Casey Base in the Antarctic. The station’s plan to get on the air has been, like the weather itself in that part of the world, highly changeable. Starting at 0200UTC, the station will try again, beginning on 14.250MHz, and hopefully both...

11/18/2015 Fox-1A (AO-85) has been formally commissioned and turned over to AMSAT Operations, which now is responsible for the scheduling and modes. Fox-1A isAMSAT-NA’s first CubeSat. “Many new techniques are incorporated, and lessons will be learned, as with any new ‘product,’” said AMSAT Vice...

During the November 18 afternoon plenary session of WRC-15 in Geneva a new amateur service allocation at 5 MHz was approved  Although only a small allocation of 15 kHz between 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz was eventually agreed, it is the first new allocation at HF since the WARC of...

Colin Thomas G3PSM reports from WRC-15 that industry is attempting to grab more amateur radio spectrum for 5G technology at 10 and 47 GHz The 47 GHz band is a primary allocation for both the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services. Agenda Item 1.18, concerning the Primary Amateur and Amateur...

The Essex Record Office have released a recording of a speech made byGuglielmo Marconi in 1935  Second part of a speech made by Guglielmo Marconi on the occasion of the unveiling of the 'Fisk Memorial' at Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 14 December 1935 (the disc is...

16 November, 2015 Island activities: AF-119. (Reminder) Just a reminder that a group will activate for the first time Coetivy Island as S79C between November 16-22nd. Up to six stations will be active on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. S79C QSLs will be available via ClubLog' OQRS or via M0OXO...

The Special Event Station PD15XMAS will be on-the-air from December 5 to January 1  Raymond Smit PD7DX says a special QSL card will be available. Why these call letters? This is true in the cold festive month of December to create a fun activity on the HF bands!  Ray...