September/October 2018 Joe Spier, K6WAO, President It’s with great sadness that I have to report the passing of William “Bill” Tynan, W3XO. I refer you to the detailed article inside this month’s Journal, but I need to reiterate what a loss not only to AMSAT but to amateur radio his passing truly is. The AMSAT … Read more
The next AMSAT Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1Cliff, is scheduled to launch on Spaceflight’s SSO-A mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Fox-1Cliff carries the Fox-1 U/v FM repeater as well as AMSAT’s L-Band Downshifter. Uplink: 435.300 MHz FM voice (67.0 Hz CTCSS tone) / 1267.300 MHz FM voice (67.0 Hz CTCSS tone) … Read more
July/August 2018 Joe Spier, K6WAO, President The main news for AMSAT that came out of Hamvention this year was the announcement of this year’s 36th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting to be held Friday through Sunday, November 2-4, 2018, in Huntsville, Alabama. The location will be at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, … Read more
AMSAT Vice-President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, has posted a YouTube video entitled “Fox-1Cliff Delivery And Integration” in which he explains what goes on in the final step of getting an amateur radio CubeSat into orbit.