SDR-RADIO supports AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle Simon Brown GD4ELI/HB9DRV has enhanced his popular SDR-RADIO software to provide support for the AMSAT-UK FUNcube dongle software defined radio. SDR-RADIO.com is a Windows console for SDR receivers and transceivers. Designed specifically for the Amateur Radio and short-wave listener community, the console provides a powerful interface for the rapidly growing SDR enthusiasts. The SDR-RADIO.com...

AO-51 Control Station, Mark Hammond, N8MH wrote a status update on this satellite. Mark noted that since the failure of the first cell on the six-cell battery the ground controllers have been limited to simple commands for basic configurations. Read the full article here

Herbert DL4SDR used an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF/UHF software defined radio NOAA 15 Received With FUNcube Dongle to receive a weather satellite picture in the 136-138 MHz band. On the FUNcube Yahoo Group he writes: Today [August 19]  I received  a picture  from NOAA 15  WX  satellite with  simple “stuff” FUNcube Dongle (FCD)  and a VHF/UHF Ground Plane Antenna  up 12 meters above  ground , 200 meters  above  sea level, 15...

Austrian pilot Hannes Arch’s plane damaged by a bird strike on the leading edge of the right hand side horizontal stabiliser on race day in the the second round of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in San Diego, USA, May 10, 2009. In the Red Bull Air Race World Championship the world?s best race pilots fly through a low level track made up of 20 metre (65 feet) high inflatable pylons known as ?Air Gates?, at speeds...

This program was written to assist in the tracking of amateur satellites (My main hobby). The program will allow several windows to be displayed, each tracking 20 satellites. The 20 satellite restriction could be increased if required, it is the limit that I selected. Each satellite can have its footprint, ground track and information displayed. I have converted it from my A-Level computer studies project, it was originally written for the...

I have been looking at these for ages and recently decided to buy one, having spent some time trawling forums comparing it with the competition. The order was placed and the hardware arrived the next day. Living not too far north of London I thought I might be able to pick up a few aircraft. I was somewhat surprised to see how much activity there is even using the supplied ‘Dummy Load’ antenna. Within 5 minutes of setting up I...

This page is dedicated to my main hobby, Amateur radio. On this page you will find details of Satellite communications and Digital communication modes. The links page contains links to other amateur radio sites that may be of interest. For UITools follow the Amateur Radio link to the UIView page and select the UITools link. If you would like to contact me then please send an email to the address below or I Normally monitor 144.300 (SSB) and...