The Louis Varney Cup has been awarded to David Bowman, G0MRF in recognition of his work in developing a UHF/VHF FM Transponder for the Jovian-1 satellite, the development of a 435MHz receive pre-amp and 2400 MHz Driver Amplifier for ground stations
This is in addition to his instrumental leadership in the design and development of the next generation FUNcube cubesat which @AMSAT-UK is currently implementing
#amateurradio#hamr#FUNCube#CubeSat
Bought a small hotplate for SMD soldering. Not tried this before, but need to build this demo IQ modulator for image transfer at 18kbs QPSK for AMSAT-UK FUNcube mission.
youtu.be/XjFh3FexAlQ?feature… - F1EFW
AO-73 (Funcube-1)
Recorded from both sides, this is how it looks when SAT lost it's ATCS (ATtitude Control System) which means it's spinning uncontrollably with chaotic polarization causing QSB. Under these conditions the bird is unworkable.