Makers eXperimenters and Operators

Friday, 18 August 2017

Colin Butler from ICQ amateur ham radio podcast shares our ISS / satellite sucess

Link: https://www.icqpodcast.com/news/2017/8/17/iss-success-of-chertsey-radio-club

Radio amateurs at the Chertsey Radio Club have received test transmissions by two satellites inside the International Space Station (ISS)

Early in July 2017, the International Space Station sent greeting messages in Russian, English, Spanish and Chinese, which were picked up by club members.

The messages were sent during test transmissions from two small experimental Russian amateur radio satellites, known as Tanusha-1 and Tanusha-2. They will be deployed from the ISS during a spacewalk in August.

As part of the celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the ISS sent a set of 12 images using slow scan television (SSTV). The transmissions took place over four days from July 20.

Chertsey Radio Club was able to receive the signal and convert them into images using a Raspberry Pi 3.

Media Story - http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-radio-enthusiasts-make-contact-13396651

Chertsey Radio Club ISS SSTV on Raspberry Pi - http://chertseyradioclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/iss-sstv -decoded-on-raspberry-pi3.html

Articles published and shared by AMSAT-UK

Press reports ISS success of Chertsey Radio Club
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/07/28/press-iss-chertsey-radio-club/
The Surrey press report radio amateurs at the Chertsey Radio Club received test transmissions by two satellites inside the International Space Station (ISS). The club also received ISS Slow Scan Television images.
Read the article at
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-radio-enthusiasts-make-contact-13396651

M0JFP's Recording of satellites Tanusha 1 and Tanusha 2 being tested inside the International space station and relayed via the 145.800 onboard radio.
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/06/30/russian-tanusha-1-and-2-satellites/

Join the build-a-thon (2/70 diplexer kit and homebrew satellite antenna)
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/06/16/join-virtual-buildathon-and-build-satellite-antenna

M0JFP's LilacSat 1 and 2 Raspberry pi(3) experimental decoder image and M6SIG live CD install and usage instructions
https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/lilacsat-1
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss

March edition of AMSAT magazine OSCAR news
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/03/31/spring-2017-oscar-news

Celebrating YOTA 2016 with the 6th Staines Scouts, cubs and Beavers (GB16YOTA)

Beginners Guide to Satellite operating
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/03/30/beginners-guides-to-satellite-operating/

ISS SSTV on Baofeng Hand Held
and...
QSSTV on the Raspberry Pi
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/15/iss-sstv-on-baofeng-ht/

How to work FM Satellites
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-fm-satellites/

Beginners (guide to satellite)
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/

Thursday, 17 August 2017

M/KG7VZD. Tim Walfords 'Gurney Slade' 80m AM transceiver build is under way.

Russian Space Walk #43 audio and pictures

Translated:

<...>
- 003 showing zero. Can we make it?
- Yes, all's normal

Deploying TOMSK-TPU-120 satellite by hand from ISS

Deploying CubeSat Tanusha-SWSU-1, the RS6S call sign

Deploying CubeSat Tanusha-SWSU-2, the RS7S call sign

Audio at 16:38 UK time

Translated:

<...>?
- No, <...>
- Isn't it in the way? Looks liek it shouldn't.
- It probably shouldn't, but <...> is so short, maybe it's this <...> now not in the way at last
- Then let's take it off ... and move it to where it was