14-year-old Snehal Vagadia VU3WHO successfully received his first Slow Scan TV image from the International Space Station on Sunday, February 10.
It was good ISS pass with 56 deg elevation, strong signal were received using a 3 element Yagi antenna and a VHF HT tuned to 145.800 MHz. SSTV audio was recorded on a smartphone and later decoded with MMSSTV.Snehal Vagadia VU3WHO (14), an 8th grade student of Saint Paul’s School, Rajkot, India, received the SSTV Image on February 10, 2019 at 5:33 AM UTC (11:03 AM IST).
He got amateur radio licence at the age of 13 years and learnt ham activities from his father Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP (Regional Coordinator, West India Zone, AMSAT-INDIA).
Source:AMSAT UK
Antenna
Comet HFJ-350M Portable HF antenna -9 Bands
The Comet FHJ-350M, Portable 9-Band, 1/4 wave base loading telescopic antenna for HF through 6M. Frequency can be changed by means of shorting plug. C... Read more
BIG SIGNAL 2BS-5B – 5 band antenna
In BIG SIGNAL we present the multi-band cubic antenna with 2 elements and 5 bands. The true queen of DX! E ste is a model that breaks all the schemes... Read more
Rotators + Controller Rot1prog USB are smal, medium ideal for use with HEXBEAM
New product on offer – HEXBEAM SP7IDX TECHNOLOGY recommends SPID ELEKTRONIK – NEW 2017 rotators + controller Rot1prog USB are smal, medium ideal... Read more
VHF
Uniden Announces DMR/MotoTRBO™ Support Coming Soon
Uniden Advances Scanning with Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Demonstrating our commitment to continually enhance the value and relevance of your investmen... Read more
Retevis RT87 is Real IP67 Dustproof and Waterproof Two Way Radio
Retevis RT87 Main feature： lIP67 dustproof and waterproof Dual band (VHF&UHF) 128 channel,25FM radio channel FM radio VOX function Scan function R... Read more
VHF Handbook Available for Download
The new version of the IARU Region 1 VHF Handbook 7.50 covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves is now available for download. The handbook has chapters on Ba... Read more
VHF Repeater Project (GB3XP) – ICQPODCAST
In this episode, Martin M1MRB / W9ICQ is joined by Ed Durrant DD5LP ,Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Chris Howard M0TCH and Andy Mace 2E0IBF to discuss the lat... Read more
Equipment
IC-9700 VHF/UHF/23CM All-Mode SDR Transceiver UK Availability and Projected Pricing
IC-9700 Icom Inc. has released more details about the launch of the IC-9700 VHF/UHF/23CM All-Mode SDR Transceiver. Icom plans to release this high-per... Read more
Electraft W2 Wattmeter
Power & SWR LED bar graphs with peak/hold Four power ranges with auto/manual selection Up to 2 remote sensors with selection switch Compact size:... Read more
Alinco DX-10 10 Meter All Mode Mobile
Alinco DX-10 Technician or Extra Class, Alinco’s DX-10 All-Mode 10 Meter Transceivers let you find the excitement on the highest HF ba... Read more
YAESU FT DX 5000MP HF/50 MHz 200W Transceiver
The Yaesu FT DX 5000MP HF/50 MHz 200 Watt Transceivers is a Premium Class of Yaesu radios with 2 Independent Receivers plus many unique options and ac... Read more
App - Mobile
Top 5 Ham Radio App
Ham Radio App If you’re a member of ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, install this app and have QST, the ARRL membership journal... Read more
My LoTW – Free app for iOS and Android
My LoTW is a viewer app for ARRL’s Logbook of the World. With My LoTW, you can: – View all the QSOs you have submitted to LoTW. –... Read more
RUMlogNG2Go for iOS version 3.5.2 now available
Thomas Lindner, DL2RUM, is happy to announce the availability of version 3.5.2 of his RUMlogNG2Go logger for the iPhone and iPad. RUMlogNG2Go can be ... Read more
The RS-MS1I APP is now available via the iTunes store
Description Functional overview of the application DR functions You can use some transceiver’s DR functions. Share pictures Send and receive vo... Read more
