NASA orders SpaceX crew mission to International Space Station NASA took a significant step Friday toward expanding research opportunities aboard the International Space Station with its first mission order from Hawthorne, California based-company SpaceX to launch astronauts...

A series of videos which trace the changes in Australian hobby electronics  In this episode of "State of Electronics", they explore the 1970's & early 80's when the retailing of electronics to hobbyists exploded onto the Australian scene. This period saw the rise of Dick Smith...

22 November, 2015 In this week's propagation report, Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. All visible sunspots are stable with a very low probability of solar flares. If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot...

After two days of blizzard conditions the weather forecast is enablingVI0ANZAC to be on air from Casey Base in the Australian Antarctic Territory. As part of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) ANZAC 100 program it plans to be operating on November 22, from 1pm (AEDT) or 0200...

22 November, 2015 In this week's propagation report, Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. All visible sunspots are stable with a very low probability of solar flares. If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot...

An International Space Station contact is planned for Dragonskolan, Umea, Sweden. The event is scheduled for Wednesday 25 November 2015 at 09:44 UTC, which is 10.44 CEWT. This will be a telebridge contact between NA1SS and VE4ISS. Signals from the ISS will not be audible in Europe. The contact will...

On November 22, 2015 SSTV and Digitalker transmissions were made from the SPROUT amateur radio satellite on 437.600 MHz FM (+/- 9 kHz Doppler shift). These transmissions are planned to take place every Sunday (Japanese Standard Time). Many FM radios can be switched been wide and narrow deviation FM...

FUNcube-1 (AO-73) was launched into space two years ago on November 21, 2013  We are delighted to be able to report that more than 900 stations, including many schools around the world, have received the telemetry from the spacecraft since launch. Our Data Warehouse is storing more than...

ARISS contact for school in Lecce, Italy An International Space Station contact is planned  for Scuola Media Statale 'G. Marconi', Soleto, Lecce, Italy. The event is scheduled for Monday 23 November 2015 at 09:21 UTC, which is 10.21 CEWT. This will be a telebridge contact between NA1SS and...

SPROUT SSTV active Sundays Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format will be transmitted from the SPROUT amateur radio satellite every Sunday (Japanese Standard Time)  The SSTV and Digitalker transmissions will be made on 437.600 MHz FM (+/- 9 kHz Doppler shift). SPROUT...