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Saturday activation. For some reason, on some browsers the incorrect video is shown. If that is the case, click here And rescue operation of the KNRM starts at 4h 52m 7s The KNRM guys were also viewing my zoom camera … Continue reading →

The colloquium was a great success. We had some breaking news and many contacts were made and old friends reunited. I have put a lot of the video material online on the AMSAT-UK YouTube Channel together with Noel G8GTZ and … Continue reading →

http://batc.tv/live/events/amsatuk/ Exciting news announced yesterday: Satellite demo by Drew KO4MA:

I have been receiving some S-band and C-band up- and downlinks from the tour the france reporters together with Nils von Storch (his idea!). We first put S-band up (feed and LNA) to see if we could spot the Cineflex … Continue reading →

I have returned home from the five-day radio camp VERON Pinkster kamp (VPK) organised by the dutch radio society VERON. The camp was situated in Sellingen on Camping “de bronzen eik“, JO32nw. I had a lot of FUN and decoded … Continue reading →

AMSAT-NL is delighted to announce 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 … Continue reading →

The satday was a big success. We estimate about 100 people attended the day and we got lots of positive feedback. I have announced the Nayif-1 project to the public during the satday, kindly allowed by the Emirati Institute of … Continue reading →

The second edition of the dutch “satellite interest day” will be organised again on Saturday 25th of April 2015. This day will be part of the annual VHF-day organised by dutch amateur society VERON. We have reached the maximum number … Continue reading →

Hi All, FUNcube-1 has shut down its transmitter around 2018 UTC yesterday. We have reasons to believe this may have been due to the large geomagnetic storm hitting earth at the moment. The team is still investigating the situation, but … Continue reading →