SpaceX just Tweeted - Targeting T-0 of 2:30 a.m. EDT for Falcon Heavy launch of STP-2; team completed additional ground system checkouts. Vehicle and payload continue to look good.

And M5AKa reminds of more projects on board ... Falcon Heavy STP-2 - credit SpaceX Amateur radio satellites are expected to be launched between 0330-0730 GMT on June 25, 2019 on SpaceX Falcon Heavy ST

LightSail 2 launches tonight between 8:30 pm and 11:30 pm Pacific. Watch the launch live on planetary.org and join other supporters around the world on social media using the hashtag #LightSail2.

AMSAT Operations Updates AO-85 Status / AO-92 Field Day Plans AO-85's FM repeater is still active during the current period of full illumination. Both downlink and uplink frequencies are off freq- uen

MEDIA ADVISORY M19-057 NASA Television to Cover Departure, Landing of Astronaut Anne McClain and Space Station Crew Expedition 58/59 crew members gather inside the Zvezda service module for a crew por

SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS003 ARLS003 Ham Radio Satellites to Deploy from ISS ZCZC AS03 QST de W1AW Space Bulletin 003 ARLS003 From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT June 14, 2019 To all radio amateurs SB SPA

From Don Agro (VE3VRW) Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that MacDoppler Version 2.30 has been released. What's New in this release? * Notarized by Apple for Gatekeeper. * Added Icom IC-9700 dr

Control operators have activated AO-85 ... but it is not behaving entirely as desired. Try to work it - and please report (here is fine - I'll pass your reports along to the control team) your experie

AMSAT President Awarded Russian E.T. Krenkel Medal AMSAT President (and ARRL Life Member) Joe Spier K6WAO, has been awarded the Russian E.T. Krenkel Medal. This prestigious award is granted to individ

I neglected to mention that about a week or so after this presentation, I received an unexpected USPS Priority Mail delivery from the Dixie club. I opened it, and was pleasantly surprised: The club se

Dollar-for-Dollar Match on your ARISS Donation Thru June 17, 2019 During the ARISS Forum at the Hamvention, it was announced, that between now and June 17, an anonymous donor will equally match one do

Hmmm ... wonder what they did - “HAM radio troubleshooting” listed as a scheduled activity aboard the ISS - https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2019/05/13/iss-daily-summary-report-5132019/

A couple errors in the June, 2019 Field Day satellite frequency chart ... Stick with what has already been published - like at http://www.work-sat.com

Well, http://www.work-sat.com will always have the "easiest" FM voice birds' info for you. And a link with info to start working SSB birds is ... http://www.work-sat.com/SSB_CITES.html To see what oth

I knew of a couple Mac versions of RT Systems’ great programming software ... but did not realize so many rigs are now covered for Mac ... Available Now Available Now Baofeng UV-5R UV-82 Icom ID-31 an

A little off-topic, but fascinating ... http://esorensen.com/goes-part-1/

>> ... double-sided ... Good point. Maybe I should start using my Heil Traveler dual-sided one: I have been accused of sometimes paying more attention to questions from bystanders than to the pass-at-

$33 at HRO ... https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016192 But for free shipping, you need to spend $67 more ... maybe we be of these ZumSpot devices, perhaps??? https://www.hamradio.com/detail.

I am enjoying the single-side headset and boom mic built for Kenwood HTs ... https://heilsound.com/products/handie-talkie-headset-hth/

Heil Sound offers mic "blems" at reduced prices ... sonically perfect, just cosmetic "problems," I have been told. Several mics available! https://heil-sound-ltd.myshopify.com/collections/b-stock But