Congratulations to Mrs. C’s kids at Ramona Lutheran School this morning! AND the support crew, too!

Speaking of AMSAT-NA VP of Engineering Jerry ... related via his Twitter account: "RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E is out of our hands and in the hands of @Virgin_Orbit to fly as part of Launcher One's first payloa

A friend asks if he can use his FT-7900 and an HT to do anything with the "easy" satellites ... ABSOLUTELY! First, turn the rig's TX power DOWN to 5W ... (g) And around Page 34 of the '7900's manual,

Jerry just gave a detailed analysis of lessons learned from the AMSAT Fox satellite deployments. Great material - nothing held back. Will be available for viewing later!

Possible SSTV projects from the ISS coming - receiving their wonderful images can be VERY simple! Check out ... https://www.work-sat.com/sstv.html ... for more information!

From across the pond ... Listen to an International Space Station school contact on Wednesday, October 7, at 3:18pm BST (14:18 GMT) on a new ISS downlink frequency of 437.525 MHz FM. It will be a Tele

I sent a copy of this to AMSAT BB, but was curious if anyone here might have a clue. During one of the SSTV transmissions today, I heard an unusual signal overlaid on top of the regular SSTV signal. I

ARISS Satellite SSTV planned for October 4-8 Oct 2nd 2020, 13:31, by ARISS An ARISS worldwide SSTV event is scheduled from the International Space Station during the period of October 4-8. Dates and t

Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station contact opportunity Call for proposals New Proposal Window is October 1, 2020 to November 24, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the Int

#CAMSAT says CAS-7A launch has been postponed until next May, and CAS-5A until next June. “Because of COVID-19, many things have been delayed,” CAMSAT’s Alan Kung, BA1DU, told ARRL. An announcement wi

As you get more "comfortable" working the satellites, please enter your "heard" reports - as well as your "not heard" reports - on the AMSAT OSCAR Live Status Page! Your input helps not only fellow ha

[Post deleted by ADMIN ... ] Nope, WE4B, you are not welcome here. Your accounts / IPs have been banned. Just stay away - I respect my audience more than to subject them to your writings. Clint Bradfo

Just a thanks to ARISS Dave and Dave, Kenneth in Houston, Gordo and Chip in Orange County, CA, and to Marvelous Rosalie for ALL the work getting our new asset up and running and ham-tested! AND - OF C

Hi All, I've attached my recording of the ISS pass tonight at 22:39z with a max elevation of 57 degrees from FN01. A few questions 1. Can anyone offer tips on how to work a "smoother" pass? As you'll

Switches flipped - it is back ON!!!

ja1ogz ⁦‪@ja1ogz‬⁩ FO-29 Operation schedule Oct. 4 02:43-04:30- 10 02:28- 04:15- 11 01:35-03:20- 17 01:20-03:05- 18 02:10-03:54- 24 01:55-03:40- 25 02:45-04:30- 31 02:30-04:15- Nov. 1 01:35-03:20- 2 0

A few notes from the IORS team designers on the capture effect and hints for operating techniques ... * If you have tried satellite contacts in the past, follow the same recommendations you learned fo

FYI for anyone trying, the ISS FM Repeater has been off the air for over 24 hours now. Here's a great page to see the status of the birds: https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php -David, N9KT

Has anyone else had trouble getting into the ISS repeater with an HT and an Arrow? I was the only one on it tonight so I got to experiment. First thing I found was that the orientation (around the axi

Does the Kenwood TH 7AG do Full Duplex? Jerry WW0E