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...