Patch Antenna With the comming launch of the Triton 1/2 satellites it is time to think of a 13 cm receive option. On my old Ham Radio site I had a page of a simple patch antenna feed that was used for … Continue reading
STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstration) Mission The STRaND programme is intended to be a long-term arrangement between SSTL and the SSC, with STRaND-1 the first of a long line of STRaND nanosatellites. It builds upon a similar programme, … Continue reading
Space plasma experiment “Shadow” onboard International Space Station (ISS) with participation of radio amateurs. Motivation and background Many space professionals are looking forward to further space exploration using electric thrusters (ET). Unlike ordinary chemical propulsion systems, ET demonstrate much more … Continue reading
Fitsat-1 (Niwaka) Led Experiment over Europe On December 13 at 22:10 UTC (23:10 CEST) The Fitsat-1 LED experiment will be active over Europe. Let’s hope it’s a clear night, so we all can see the 200W LED display sending Morse code … Continue reading
Space surveillance Every time a satellite is launched, there is allways a periode that is known as the TLE lotery. This is the time that we try to find out what object belongs to what satellite. Many amateur radio satellite … Continue reading
F-1 Vietnamese Amateur Radio Club F-1 CubeSat is an educational pico-satellite developed by FSpace laboratory, FPT Technology Research Institute, FPT University in Hanoi, Vietnam. The project started in late 2008 and plan to be completed in 2012 with the launch … Continue reading