The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) organization and d by AMSAT-Italy will place a digital TV system on the Station this year to “provide one-way video and audio from the ISS to complement the FM radio voice link used for ARISS school group radio contacts”:
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 174 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 22, 2013:
* 2013 Candidates for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors
* Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, Named AMSAT’s Director of Field Operations
* May/June AMSAT Journal in the Mail
* Merritt Island High School StangSat CubeSat First Flight
* Google Project Loon – 2400 / 5800 MHz
* HAM Video for the ISS Announced by ARISS
* AMSAT Videos from Dayton Hamvention
* AMSAT Area Coordinator Kevin Smith, N3HKQ, now SK
* RECENT AMSAT AWARDS
* Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest
* AMSAT Field Day 2013 – One More Time
* Wilse Morgan WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.
ANS 160 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 6, 2013:
* Fox-1 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Letter
* _Reminder_: Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching
* AMSAT Field Day 2013
* AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage Restored
* 2013 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum Presentations Now on YouTube.com
* New Video on Ham Radio Satellite SO-50 on FM handheld
* South Africa Radio Amateur of the Year Awards 2013 Nominations Closes June 10
We are still at a cusp when CubeSats are few– a couple dozen in a year, spread out across the world– but growing. I predict that, in three to four years, most universities and colleges will have CubeSat capability, much as most are starting to teach app development or 3d printing– fields that were also new half a decade ago, but are rapidly reaching the level of commodity and even necessity.