Martin G3YJO is keen to hear of reports about recent reception of the UO11 beacon. So if you could post some on the amsat.org/satellite-status/ page he would be very grateful! #amsat #hamradio #hamr

[INFO] by Emil, DL8JJ @ 9T0MD. 9T0MD Democratic Republic of the Congo DXPedition and Gauß-Schule in Friedland come together via QO-100. Bridge to the Congo: Live satellite radio at the Gauß-Schule! A great adventure for our technology class: On October 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM UTC (12:00 PM German time), we are launching a spectacular experiment, establishing a radio link spanning 36,000 kilometers into space and back! The students of our new elective course Technology / Amateur Radio are bringing the world straight into our radio room. Via the geostationary satellite QO-100, we will establish live contact with the DXpedition in distant Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Who is transmitting? The kids (ages 12–14) of the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Schule under the callsigns DL0CFG and DN5CFG. The station on the other end: Adventurer Emil Bergmann, 9T0MD (DL8JJ), transmitting live from the jungle camp in the Congo, sharing exclusive updates from his expedition. The equipment: An IC-7100, a DX-Patrol ground station, and our 100cm dish with a Poty antenna aimed directly at the orbit. For many of our students, this will be their very first time ever speaking into a microphone – a true adventure that is bound to get their hearts racing! Cross your fingers for a crystal-clear connection to Africa. 73 and good DX!

📌Aboard our PICOBUS v2, which flew to space on #Transporter18 a few days ago, was also @amsatdl's ERMINAZ-2 mission, with 3 educational PocketQubes. 🛰️🛰️🛰️ ERMINAZ-2U has been received with the help of @SatNOGS 📡, and you can find the observation at: network.satnogs.org/observat…

M5-ESP32-keyer v2 is out 📡 Open-source text-to-CW keyer for M5Stack Atom boards (Atom Lite, AtomS3 Lite, AtomS3 with display). • Send text over Bluetooth LE, HTTP or UDP cwdaemon • Keys the rig through an optocoupler or a single MOSFET on the Grove port • AtomS3 shows the text being sent on its display • Runs on the Atomic Battery Base, battery level over BLE • Flash it from your browser, no IDE needed Flasher: keyer.ok1cdj.com Code: github.com/ok1cdj/M5-ESP32-k… #hamradio #CW #ESP32 #M5Stack #cw4ever @M5Stack

Capturing the #ISS #SSTV images works with minimal equipment. Setup here: TH-D72 into Robot36 #Android app. Received two pictures on the 1238z pass over JO31. #ariss #iss #sstv #amsat

Just worked 9T0MD in Dem. Rep. Of The Congo 🇨🇩 (Gridsquare: JI75 / distance: 6268.3 km) on QO-100 🛰️ (28.6° el / 156.7° az) using CW. Quite some pile-up and many people ignoring "up" ... #hamr #wavelog #amsat #cwfe

Got pictures No 4 and 5 today. Gallery complete with almost good images. Will try to improve the one or the other. #ariss #sstv #amsat #iss

First images of the current #SSTV activity from hte #ISS rolling in. Did review the first ~50 pix for @ARISS_Intl Gallery also. Used the IC-9700 with the UHF elements of the Alaskan Arrow. #amsat #hamradio #sstv #iss #ariss

SatRoverWatch is going open source! 🛰️📡 What started as an experiment to see what we could do with APRS data, satellite pass predictions, maps, weather information and a little automation has grown into something we're ready to share with the Amateur Radio Satellite Community. The complete SatRoverWatch source is now public on GitHub under the MIT License: github.com/SatRoverWatch/Sat… Take a look under the hood. Run your own copy. Modify it. Break it. Improve it. Send us a pull request. Or just tell us what you'd like SatRoverWatch to do next. You definitely don't need to be a programmer to participate. Feature ideas, bug reports, testing and “have you thought about doing this?” are all welcome. This is about experimentation, learning and having some fun with Amateur Radio satellites. And speaking of testing... SatRoverWatch is looking for one rover for our next round of field testing. If you're planning an upcoming satellite rove and wouldn't mind having SatRoverWatch tag along, we'd like to hear from you. For an opted-in rover, SatRoverWatch can follow your APRS activity and help give your rove some extra visibility. Depending on what happens during the trip, it can recognize grid transitions, generate maps and location context, provide weather information, calculate upcoming satellite passes when you're stopped, and publish updates for people following along. There may also be the occasional completely unnecessary motivational message. And yes, we'll take submissions for those too. 😄 Participation is entirely voluntary and trip-by-trip. Tell us you're going roving, we'll enable tracking for the trip, and we'll turn it back off when you're finished. Private credentials and rover registration information are not part of the public GitHub repository. Interested in being our next test rover—or just have an idea for the project? Send a DM to @SatRoverWatch or Mitch at @AD0HJ. Let's see what we can build together. 🛰️

Just worked 9T0MD in Dem. Rep. Of The Congo 🇨🇩 (Gridsquare: JI75 / distance: 6268.3 km) on QO-100 🛰️ using FT8 #hamr #wavelog #amsat

Wir warten gespannt auf den Start 🚀🛰 @SternwarteBO

DXpedition summary - RI1FJZ, Franz Josef Land. dx-world.net/ri1fjz-franz-jo…

Part 1 schedule 10/3 night OM12 10/4 - 10/6 OM03/04/13/14

Mail call. Mni tnx for the nice card @kikori1906. #amsat #hamradio #gridhopper

Number 🔟 is TN8GD 🇨🇬 who just confirmed JI75 on #QO100 in my log. So one step closer to 2k grids. Many thanks for confirming this on #LoTW. 9 .... #amsat #hamradio #gridhopper

RI1FJZ team on the way home.. dx-world.net/ri1fjz-franz-jo…

It's official now! Our three ERMINAZ-2U, -2V and -2X PocketQubes are set for launch 18:18 UTC (20:18 CEST) on October 01 with Transporter-18! #AMSAT #hamradio

WSJT-X Improved becomes the "WS - Digital Mode Suite" This rebranding was done so that there's no longer any risk of confusion with Joe's version of WSJT-X, which appears to be important to him. But this also gives me and my team more freedom of operation. groups.io/g/wsjtgroup/messag…