Author Archives: pa3weg

The solar eclipse was seen by FUNcube-1 in orbit. For instance, the solar panel current dropped quite nicely.

Na het succes in 2013, wordt op zaterdag 25 april 2015 de tweede “Interessedag Amateursatellieten” georganiseerd. De bijeenkomst is onderdeel van de jaarlijkse VHF-dag van de VERON. De organisatie van de Interessedag Amateursatellieten is in handen van Henk PA3GUO en … Continue reading →

The PACC contest is now over. We had great fun, and the scores will show if we did well later. The YouTube stream was viewed 91 times live, and we streamed for 25 hours. The last 4 hours will remain … Continue reading →

Internet seems iffy at times.

More info on The Sleur Shack FaceBook

Signals as received by PE2TR:

I have (for now) finished the ATV transmitter, and I am planning to use it at the Oliebollen Party organised by PD2RKG and Crew and Family. They are running The Sleur Shack (TSS), A portable shack. See you at the … Continue reading →

How to spend the Saturday? Putting the 23cm transmitter in another (surplus) case and adding the PA to it. I traded the PA with Hans PH0V, and did some very small modifications (change heatsink, add semirigid to the output instead … Continue reading →

Today one year ago, a DNEPR rocket blasted off into space, carrying, amongst others, FUNcube-1, TRITON-1 and Delfi-n3Xt. FUNcube-1 is doing great, TRITON-1 is functional, and Delfi-n3Xt has completed its mission. Thanks all for tracking FUNcube, and uploading to the … Continue reading →

The Manfred Memorial Moon Mission is an attached payload to the last stage of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket, to commemorate Prof. Manfred Fuchs. The Long March wil fly in LTO (Lunar Transfer Orbit) It transmits in JT65b on … Continue reading →