Category Archives: Space Radio

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news – May 5, 2013

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 125 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – May 5, 2013:

* AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM – Save the Date November 1 – 3
* First Call for PApers – AMSAT Space Symposium
* AMSAT Booth is Moving at Dayton, but not very far!
* Call for Papers: 2013 Digital Communications Conference
* Help Wanted: AMSAT News Service Rotating Editor Positions Available
* NASA and Amateur Radio operators piece together the PhoneSat picture
* Conferences and Events related to Space Sceduled in May
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news – April 27, 2013

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 118 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin –  April 27, 2013:

* CubeBug-1 Reaches Orbit
* Istanbul Technical University’s TURKSAT-3USAT Launched
* Antares Successfully Launches from Wallops Island, Virginia
* PhoneSats Mission Complete
* 16 Year-old UK student to Work on KickSat Sprite
* Merritt Island High School StangSat Team Wins Best Presentation

 

OK Go go after the music in the Aurora Borealis

The band OK Go and a group of other artists went to northern Sweden to observe and incorporate the Aurora Borealis into a music video: OK Go and Collaborators Capture the ‘Sound’ of the Northern Lights – Wired Design/Wired.com.

This  included radio sounds created by the Aurora. For more about such “natural radio music”, see   the HobbySpace Natural Space Radio and Natural Space Music sections, which include links to Stephen McGreevy (mentioned in the article) and others involved in such activities.

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news

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 111 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – April 20, 2013:
* April 19 Soyuz-2-1B Launch Plans Cubesat Deployment on April 21
* April 21 Antares Launch to Orbit Three PhoneSat Cubesats
* April 25 China CZ-2D to Launch TURKSAT-3USAT Linear Transponder
* May 3 Vega Launch from Kourou to Orbit ESTCube-1 CubeSat
* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Solicited
* ARISS School Contacts
* Order AMSAT/TAPR Dayton Banquet Tickets in the AMSAT Store
* Registration for the SA AMSAT Space Symposium is Now Open
* Inspiration and Success: The Story Behind N1LF’s 1st Satellite QSO
* RockOn 2013 University Rocket Science Workshop
* Satellite Shorts From All Over

AMSAT and ISS amateur radio news

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 104 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – April 13, 2013:
* AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Solicited
* 7330.6 km Contact Made Via FO-29
* GS3PYE/p Satellite Operation Planned From Inner Herbrides Islands
* STEREO Space Weather Beacons Now Using AMSAT-DL Turbo Code
* AMSAT Awards
* Applications for Teachers Institute, ETP Grants Due in May
* Ken Pulfer, VE3PU, SK
* Cubesat Launches This Week
* April 17 Antares Launch Includes Three PhoneSat Cubesats
* PhoneSat Tracking Help Requested
* STRaND-1 signal reports requested
* Merritt Island High School Mission Selected for NASA Cubesat
Launch Initiative
* ARISS News
* Schedule of AMSAT Activities at Dayton Hamvention
* Satellite Shorts From All Over