Simple dual band dish feed for Es’hail-2 / QO-100

Simple dual band dish feed for Es’hail-2 / QO-100

 

DKARS April 2019 front coverThe April 2019 issue of the free DKARS magazine features an article in English – Simple dual band dish feed for Es’hail-2 / QO-100 by Mike Willis G0MJW, Remco den Besten PA3FYM and Paul Marsh M0EYT.

Their article, on pages 18-23, describes an easy to build 2.4 and 10 GHz dish feed, using commonly available materials, for Es’hail-2 / QO-100 deployment. The feed consists of a LHCP patch antenna for 2.4 GHz and a waveguide feed for 10 GHz, to be placed in the focal point of commonly available and cheap offset satellite TV dishes with f/D’s of around 0.6

Download the full magazine PDF from https://dkars.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a0602da7add78cfc4cee370d&id=f8424212ae&e=ca64a74f86

Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society (DKARS) http://www.dkars.nl/index.php?page=magazine_uk

Additional information on Es’hail-2 /QO-100 can be found at
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/02/10/qatar-oscar-100-web-receiver-now-live/

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SatNOGS satellite ground station article in HackSpace magazine

SatNOGS satellite ground station article in HackSpace magazine

 

HackSpace magazine issue 18 front coverThe May edition of HackSpace magazine, issue 18, featuring articles by radio amateur Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK is available as a free PDF.

On pages 34-47 is his special feature on Space, which explains how you can build a SatNOGS satellite ground station to receive amateur radio satellites.

Jo’s article Make a Slim Jim Antenna appears on pages 110-111.

Also in the magazine, on pages 96-99, Ben Everard explains how to build an ISS count‑down timer.

You can download the free HackSpace magazine PDF from
https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/issues/18

Direct link to the PDF
https://magazines-static.raspberrypi.org/issues/full_pdfs/000/000/072/original/HackSpaceMag18.pdf

Jo Hinchliffe MW6CYK
https://twitter.com/concreted0g
https://concretedog.blogspot.com/

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AMSAT-UK

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FUNcube Data Warehouse URL Change

FUNcube Data Warehouse URL Change

Dave G4DPZ reports on a change to the URL used by the AMSAT-UK Data Warehouse for the FUNcube amateur radio satellites.

As part of the migration of the data warehouse to the new server, we are now redirecting all dashboard data submissions to: http://data.amsat-uk.org/
(there is no need to change your dashboard settings)
Hence, all information at http://warehouse.funcube.org/ will no longer be updated.

I will be merging the scores at http://data.amsat-uk.org/ranking
(I am at the top of the list because of data migration)

You can search for your site name or order the columns by clicking on the column header.

There have been requests for the existing style of ranking, including age colour, for each satellite. I will be implementing this in the next couple of days.

Hope you like the new site and and feedback will be welcome.

73 Dave, G4DPZ
g4dpzfuncube.org.uk

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AMSAT-UK

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ISS SSTV at Music is Magic in Space Rehearsal

ISS SSTV at Music is Magic in Space Rehearsal

https://twitter.com/lhtrevail/status/1117405107564482560
https://twitter.com/lhtrevail/status/1117453101387198464

Details on the unique charity concert featuring hundreds of musicians with a learning disability from across the country at
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2019/music-is-magic/

Music Man Project UK
https://themusicmanproject.com/
https://twitter.com/MusicManProject

Article: Pictures from Space via Ham Radio by M6DNT page 62 Magpi magazine issue 80
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/

ISS SSTV useful info and links https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/

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ISS SSTV Success

ISS SSTV Success

http://tinyurl.com/iss-sstv-demo-news

I am thankful to all hams and members of ARISS, AMSAT, ISS Crew, Space agencies, SSTV Award Manager etc involved in such a wonderful educational event offered to the world!

Article: Pictures from Space via Ham Radio by M6DNT page 62 Magpi magazine issue 80
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/

ISS SSTV useful info and links https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/

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m5aka

AMSAT-UK

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