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New FUNcube comms package to launch
AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL have announced that a new FUNcube communications package, based on the British-designed FUNcube-1, has been selected as a major payload for the Nayif-1 CubeSat mission. This 1U mission is intended to provide Emirati students with a tool to design and test systems in space. It is being developed by the Emirates Institution […]
Amateur radio Nepal emergency comms
The situation in Nepal, hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake last weekend, seems to be getting worse as time passes. Many people are still buried in collapsed buildings and caught in rubble from landslides, and there are fears that the death toll will continue to rise. Amateur radio has been active throughout the emergency and many […]
RadCom Plus launched
The first edition of the new RSGB online magazine RadCom Plus is now available to RSGB Members via the RSGB website at rsgb.org/radcom-plus. It contains construction projects for a high performance 2m masthead preamp, a 1.8 to 146MHz Z-match and a PLL that provides an accurate and stable frequency source. There are theoretical articles on […]
QB50p1 CubeSat tests successful
AMSAT-NL says that an initial series of tests of the FUNcube transponder payload aboard the QB50p1 CubeSat have been successfully completed. QB50p1 is one of two QB50 precursor spacecraft that were launched from Yasny in Russia in June 2014. The primary science payloads are still being extensively tested but it has now been possible to […]
VHF Field Day registration open
Registration for the RSGB’s VHF National Field Day on 4 and 5 July is now open. The online registration form is available via the VHF pages of the RSGB Contest Committee website.
G3WKL thanks contest review volunteers
RSGB President John Gould, G3WKL, would like to thank all those contesters who have volunteered to join the group set up to review aspects of contest management, following disquiet about the adjudication of a RSGB contest. The review has now started and should complete its final session on 1 August.
