AMSAT Fox-1 Project Status AMSAT GOLF Project Status In October 2017, AMSAT announced the GOLF, or “Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint,” program. NASA announced the selection of the first two satellites in the series, GOLF-TEE and GOLF-1, for participation in the CubeSat Launch Initiaitve on March 2, 2018. Both will be 3U CubeSats in Low Earth … Read more
10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest hamfest in the United States, including all of the AMSAT Directors and senior officers. See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Flex, Alinco, M2, Arrow, and many other manufacturers of amateur radio equipment and accessories. Take advantage of discounted pricing you won’t find anywhere else. 9. … Read more
Congratulations to Tom Clark, K3IO, AMSAT Board Member, and long time pioneer involved with amateur satellite development. In an announcement from the ARRL we learned they honored “veteran AMSAT personality and Amateur Radio digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), with its President’s Award. ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, presented the award plaque to Clark at … Read more
Hardware consisting of Ettus Research USRP X300 SDR, USRP B210 SDR, UBX40 USRP Daughterboard, GPDSO Kits, and antennas have been ordered from National Instruments Corp. for delivery to Bill Reed NX5R in Dallas TX to equip a second community for development of the AMSAT Ground Terminals. These terminals will be used for the Phase 4B … Read more