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AMSAT-SM (Sweden) - Amateur radio satellite group. News and tweets about amateur radio satellites and amateur radio.
Editor: Lars Thunberg SM0TGU
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AMSAT-SM @amsat.se · Aug 16
Open letter from AMSAT-SM regarding development of a full duplex handheld
Many of us in the AMSAT community is waiting for a new handheld radio with full duplex FM capability. AMSAT-SM group in Sweden has sent an open letter (e-mail) to...
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Notes from steering group meeting 2025-11-18
Notes from the AMSAT-SM steering group meeting 2025-11-18: General meetings: The guidelines previously stated that a general meeting could be convened if one tenth of the members requested it. In...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Hur spårar man satelliter?
Uppdaterat 2025-11-16 En viktig del av hobby med amatörradiosatelliter går ut på att veta när satelliterna passerar ovanför oss. Till vår hjälp finns speciella program som kallas trackingprogram (spårningprogram på...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Funkamateur mentions AMSAT-SM’s letter to manufacturer
Thank you to Funkamateur and Andreas Bilsing (DM4TG) for mentioning AMSAT-SM’s letter to amateur radio manufacturers regarding developing a full duplex handheld radio. Unfortunately the result of out open letter...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Homebrew Satellite Antenna Elevation Systems
Commercial elevation rotators are expensive and a major investment for many amateur radio operators. If you have the interest and the time, there are several possibilities for building your own...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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AMSAT-SM webpage changes
As a request from our swedish webpage visitors the need for basic articles for beginners in swedish need to be improved and to be more easy to find on the...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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ARISS 25 Years of ISS Special Worldwide SSTV Event November 2025
Re-post from ANS-313: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will commemorate the 25th anniversary of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station with a special worldwide Slow-Scan...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Winner 2025 antenna lottery
And the winner is - Jan Emanuelsson SM7KOJ! Congratulation!
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November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How to find correct kepler file
@CelesTrak has a good search function if you need to find correct kepler file for a specific satellite. Do like this: Go to Celestrak Search GP Groups by Catalog Number...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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AMSAT-NA President Outlines Future Directions
From ANS-299: At the Annual General Meeting of AMSAT members, held as part of the AMSAT Symposium in Phoenix, Ariz. last weekend, newly elected AMSAT President Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, outlined...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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e-kagaku-1 and BOTAN
Three Japanese CubeSats were deployed from the ISS using the Japanese J-SSOD on October 10, 2025. Two of the satlelites transmit in the amateur radio bands. e-kagaku-1CW, DigiTalker, 1.2kbps AFSK,...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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FutureGEO Workshop 2025 in Bochum
Thanks to ANS and AMSAT-DL for this info: On September 19, 2025, the futureGEO workshop took place under the radome of the Bochum Observatory. Organized by AMSAT-DL with the support...
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October 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Tävling - vinn en VHF/UHF Cube Yagi
Sorry all international visitors! This competition is only open to Swedish hams and SWLs! AMSAT-SM-gruppen vill gärna att fler radio- och lyssnaramatörer bosatta i Sverige intresserar sig för amatörradiosatelliter. Därför...
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September 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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CubeSats Deploy ISS September 19 2025
Repost from ANS-257: JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has announced that five Japanese CubeSats will be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 19 (though the date...
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September 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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UMKA-1 SSTV over Stockholm 2025-08-30
The UMKA-1 satellite has turned on it's SSTV transmission on 437.625 MHz FM Robot 36-mode. Strong downlink that should be possible to receive with a simple yagi without elevation. Equipment...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Ten-Koh-2 with linear transponder and 5 GHz beacon
Ten-Koh-2 is a satellite planned to be released from ISS later this year (2025). From several sources (see below) we can read that it will include linaer VHF/UHF transponder and...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Decode QO-100 PSK beacon
This is nothing new, but it is actually the first time I have done it. The PSK Beacon can be found on 10489,745 MHz and you can use the following...
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August 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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JAMSAT to develop multi-mode transponders for CubeSats
From ANS-236:The Japan Amateur Satellite Association (JAMSAT) has announced the launch of the “Blueberry JAM” initiative, a new project to design and build an open-source multi-mode transponder for CubeSats. A...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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VGC N76 HT with satellite tracking and doppler control
Over the Youtube channel Ham Radio Crash Course Josh Nass gives a demo with the latest firmware and app for handheld (HT) radio VGC N76 (aka Btech UV-Pro and as...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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AnyTone AT-D878UVII now has satellite tracking
As the first (what I know of) commercial handheld radio the AnyTone AT-D878UVII software release V3.04 has included amateur radio satellite tracking. From the webpage we got the following information:...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Open letter from AMSAT-SM regarding development of a full duplex handheld
Many of us in the AMSAT community is waiting for a new handheld radio with full duplex FM capability. AMSAT-SM group in Sweden has sent an open letter (e-mail) to...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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AO-123 FM Transponder to Enter Continuous Service
The FM transponder on AO-123 has been activated on periodic basis since its launch in late 2024. Beginning this weekend (Aug 2025), it is expected to enter continuous service if...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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HamTV is scheduled to activate on July 29 2025
Re-post from ANS-208:The long-anticipated reinstallation of HamTV is scheduled to take place on the ISS on Tuesday, July 29. Work on the system will occur between 3:55 AM EDT and...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Hams.at and SatMatch - great tools for sat schedules
If you would like to publish your satellite activations and calculate satellite overlap passes I can highly recommend Hams.At and SatMatch. There is also a type of integration between Hams.At...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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New satellite antenna from FWCube Labs
FWCube Labs by @ea1fwg has released a new portable lightweight VHF/UHF cube-style antenna. It comes standard with Messi&Paoloni BNC connectors and it is made with or without a diplexer for...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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AMSAT-SM på SSAs 100-årsjubileum 2025
AMSAT-SM med Lars Thunberg SM0TGU hade förmånen att få hålla ett föredrag om amatörradio och satelliter under SSAs årsmöte och 100-årsjubileum. Det pågick under helgen 26-27 april 2025 i Västerås....
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June 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM