A tiny space hitchhiker named AO-85 is talking and thousands of ham radio operators worldwide and a handful of Vanderbilt University engineering researchers with the special interest of proud parents are listening.
AO-85’s transponder was turned on three days after the 4-inch by 4-inch, 2.2 pound CubeSat successfully deployed from an Atlas V rocket launched (video) by the United Launch Alliance in October from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
In reality, a successful deployment and a successful data transmission is somewhat rare in university CubeSat programs, giving the researchers reason enough for celebration.“When the deployment was successful and the beacon came on we had an ‘It’s alive!’ moment,” said Robert Reed, professor of electrical engineering and the principal investigator of Vanderbilt’s NASA-sponsored CubeSat project. “Then, the transmitter was turned on and we had a data stream sufficient to collect information to do research.”
The Vanderbilt project, however, differs from CubeSat efforts at other universities in an important way…..READ MORE
Three band antennas in one. PA50-144HV-17-3-3CB. – 6m Horizontal antenna – 2m Horizontal antenna – 2m Vertical antenna 3 band VHF antenna PA50-144HV-17-3-3CB is perfect for small spaces, roofs, DX-peditions or po... Read more
More
![The Icom IC-9700 manual is now available [ ENGLISH ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ic9700_manual-90x60.jpg)
![Solar Storm Forecast 12-01-2016 [ Video ]](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/prpa-90x60.jpg)
What is my definition of a Communications Go-Kit? A Communications Go-Kit (or Radio-Ready-Kit) is made up of a portable “Amateur radio” station and assorted personal gear that ca... Read more
ACOM HF Power Must-have Amateur Radio equipment for DXers and contesters. ACOM has built a reputation among Amateur Radio operators for its high performance RF power amplifiers. Now,... Read more
SCS, the company that created PACTOR, has unveiled software that offers the ability to monitor the content of PACTOR 1, 2, and 3 transmissions over the air. The free PMON software runs under... Read more
AMSAT Symposium 2018 The video highlights Opening Auction Listening to a ISS school contact Working Dr. Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, KG5TMT, onboard the ISS Balloon launch with APRS Banquet... Read more
Building Buddipole Yagis – A practical demonstration by ZL4PLM using standard Buddipole parts. Read more
Here we take a look at building a short, loaded dipole for 20 Meters, 14 MHz. In fact, this is going to be half of a 2 element yagi for the 20M band. Read more
“A Message from Mike, K7IR This is our first email newsletter. From the time we started the company 17 years ago, we’ve interacted with thousands of hams, mostly by phone or in-person.... Read more
The call M0RSE was first issued in 1991 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Samuel F.B. Morse’s birth. Since then the call has not been used. In order to promote interest in CW the First C... Read more
“Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). He originally had the a... Read more
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fradio-incident-command-kit-by-n1rfd%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Ficom-ic-9700-review-and-full-walk-through%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Facom-hf-power-products-now-available-at-dx-engineering%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fpactor-developer-scs-announces-monitoring-software%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Famsat-symposium-2018-hightlights%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fbuilding-buddipole-yagis-a-practical-demonstration%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2F20m-loaded-dipole-half-a-yagi%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fsteppir-antennas-new-products-in-2017%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fm0rse-a-special-callsign-to-celebrate-morse-code%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fprofile-hiram-percy-maxim-american-radio-pioneer-w1aw%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fvanderbilt-cubesat-data-collected-by-ham-radio-operators-worldwide%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
