The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially known) was formed March 3, 1969 as a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered in the District of Columbia. Since its founding, AMSAT has designed, constructed, and, with the added assistance of international government and commercial agencies, successfully launched, 20 Amateur Radio satellites into Earth orbit. To […]
Archives for February 2019
KickSat-2 is Alive and Being Tracked
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL): For the first couple of days after the 3U KickSat-2 was deployed from Cygnus NG-10 last November, nothing was heard from the satellite. But in a February 16 post to AMSAT-BB, Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, reported receiving several short and weak transmissions from […]
Update on the Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-19
Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, RAC Special Advisor, is once again in Geneva, Switzerland attending the latest Preparatory Meetings for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19). He will be tweeting comments on Amateur Radio issues from the meeting using the hashtag #RACatITU. You can also follow him via @ractweets. Bryan provided the following preliminary report from Geneva: […]
IARU Region 2 General XX Assembly to be held in Lima, Peru
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU): On behalf of the IARU Region 2 Executive Committee, I am pleased to give notice of the IARU Region 2 General XX Assembly, to be held in Lima, Peru, from September 29 to October 2, 2019. This Assembly may also be referred […]
Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, RAC Special Advisor, is in Geneva attending the WRC Preparatory Meetings
Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, RAC Special Advisor, is once again in Geneva, Switzerland attending the latest Preparatory Meetings for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) which will take place between October 28 and November 22, 2019 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Preparatory Meetings are usually held at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) headquarters in Geneva and are of […]
ARISS Plans Do-Over of Slow-Scan TV Transmissions: February 15 -17 Weekend
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning another popular slow-scan television (SSTV) event in the wake of an SSTV experiment last weekend, during which signals were reported to have been weak. Even so, more than 5,500 images were submitted. Transmissions […]
Upcoming ARISS Contact: College Park School, Lloydminster, Alberta on Wednesday, February 13
An International Space Station (ISS) school contact has been planned with participants at College Park School in Lloydminster, Alberta on Wednesday, February 13. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1:10 pm MT local time (20:10 UTC 64 deg). The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The scheduled astronaut […]
ARISS/NOTA Slow Scan TV Event: February 8-10
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events. Transmissions are scheduled to begin on Friday, February 8 at 14:00 UTC and run through Sunday, February 10 at 18:30 UTC. SSTV operations is a process by which images are sent from the International […]