Older but still interesting / relevant news (most recent items at the top):

• 19/06/2011 - Some info on receiving signals from Iran's RASAD-1 satellite
• 23/05/2010 - Planet-C and Ikaros both received at X-Band! details here
• 04/03/2010 - Brief RF-Space SDR-IP write up, online here
• 13/11/2009 - ESA Rosetta Earth swing by tracked on S-Band, details here
• 16/09/2009 - ADS-B kit for <100 euro project announced, details here
• 13/08/2009 - Another great decoder has been released for Inmarsat-C, info here
• 09/07/2009 - Another NEW Inmarsat-C decoder is out, details here
• 20/06/2009 - NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reception page!
• 16/05/2009 - L-Band SARSAT page updated with new downlink info
• 15/05/2009 - New Spacecraft Herschel and Planck received at UHF-Satcom on X-Band
• 04/05/2009 - The Sicral page has been updated with Sicral 1B frequencies
• 05/01/2009 - Inmarsat transponder plots updated ready for constellation rearrangement.
• 22/10/2008 - Indian lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 launched and operational on S-Band and X-Band
• 26/07/2008 - Skynet 5C UHF and X-Band transponders now fully mapped
• 11/05/2008 - Brand new Ethernet SDR announced!!! The SDR-IP from RFSPACE
• 18/03/2008 - Father of Geostationary satellites, Arther C Clarke died today aged 90
• 10/03/2008 - G3RUH is producing a very high stability GPS locked oscillator, details here
• 03/02/2008 - Interesting AMBE voice codec available for D-Star (may be ok for Inmarsat / Iridium voice)
• 21/01/2008 - Skynet 5B page added with UHF and X-band transponder plots
• 02/01/2008 - Inmarsat 3-F2, 3-F5 and 4-F2 spectrum analysis plots here
• 22/12/2007 - Atlantic Ocean Region UHF satellite transponders plotted here
• 19/12/2007 - Massive update to the UHF page including Skynet 5B downlinks
• 02/11/2007 - The S-band page is currently being updated with new satellites
• 26/10/2007 - #hearsat IRC channel moved to irc.starchat.net
• 07/10/2007 - An S-band FFT gallery has been added, page her
• 15/08/2007 - L-band page has been updated with Inmarsat frequencies and modes
• 10/08/2007 - Inmarsat satellite pagers from eBay - technical info here
• 08/08/2007 - Skynet 5A in orbit testing has now started - page updated with X-band and UHF discoveries
• 06/08/2007 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully DX's, details here
• 02/08/2007 - Marisat-F2 details added to the C-band page and the L-Band page
• 29/07/2007 - The Gonets page has been updated with Strella frequencies and observations
• 10/05/2007 - Technical info pages - including GPS distribution amp, wideband LNA, AR3000A mods, etc
• 06/03/2007 - X-Band hardware page has now been split out from the X-band monitoring page
• 24/01/2007 - Satellite Loop Primer - how to set rx/tx frequencies and power levels
• COSPAR-SARSAT monitoring page has been added here
• Satellite Beacon Primer - some info on what TT&C beacons are used for.
• Brief review of AOR's new receiver, the AOR-Alpha
• A brief review of the new RF-Space SDR-IQ software defined radio
• STEREO A&B Launched! and DX'd at uhf-satcom.com!
• Monitoring the Russian HEO Molniya satellites, details here
• SDR-IQ from RFSpace has been announced, read about it here. SDR-IQ yahoo group here
• Sicral 1A has returned!! X-band TT&C and UHF tpx back on air!
• A UHF antenna page has been added detailing yagi and helix designs
• S-Band page with METOP-A TT&C FFT
• Final rev STS-116 communications heard on 259.700MHz AM
• SANTA comms heard via the METOP-A SARSAT 1544.5MHz payload, audio here
• A new page dedicated to the Syracuse 3x series of mil-sats.
• L-band page with sound samples and more FFT screen shots
• Deep Space Probe RF overview here - STEREO A&B added
• UHF Satcom transponder changes (AOR) - details here
• Ka-band page with Ka-LNB voltage info, details here
• UHF-SATCOM.COM - hardware / info wanted page
• Updated audio samples page, STS121 & STS115 related comms here
• Opportunity Rover photographed by MRO, details here
• The third Sicral-1A transponder has finally been located, details here
• Spitzer Space Telescope at only 30 million miles received, details here
• Smart-1 successfully received on X-band, details here
• Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth, details here, audio snippet here
• Space Shuttle Atlantis finally launched! details here and audio here
• UHF-Satcom.com satellite reception FAQ is here !
• AFSTAR Inmarsat pod antenna details moved here
• AMSAT-UK colloquium, end of July 2006, details here
• Mass 'Cubesat' launch, details here
• A limited number of X-band LNA's are available for DSN reception - details here
• New Horizons - Pluto Charon finally DX'd! details here
• The Frequency list on the C-band reception page has been updated, details here
• Mars Global Surveyor detected! details here
• ESA's Rosetta received on 1.8m dish, details here
• S-band reception page updated, details here
• ESA's Mars Express finally received! details here
• Meteosat 7 service on 1691MHz has terminated, details here
• Geostationary satellite list updated, details here
• How-to get JPL Ephemeris data via email, details here
• VEX received in orbit around Venus!!
• Mars Odyssey finally detected with a 1.8m dish! details here
• Join the Amateur DSN group at yahoo if you are interested in signals from deep space!
• Luis CT1DMK DX's Voyager-1 at 9.1 billion miles, details here
• The AMSAT-DL team receive VOYAGER 1 at 14.7 billion km !!!
• A spread-sheet listing all S/X/Ka DSN frequencies is available here
• Update of MRO reception as it orbits around Mars
• MRO enters orbit around Mars!!! and is received by amateur-DSN people in Europe
• ESA's Rosetta space-craft received at over 240 million miles away from Earth!
• X-band page updated with new frequencies and FFT plots, details here
• Suit-sat deployed from the ISS today (3/2/2006) - info here
• NASA's New Horizons trajectory info now on JPL Horizons
• NASA's New Horizons space craft successfully launched! details here
• UHF-Satcom.com was December 2005's 'superstar' at http://www.setileague.org/ !
• The first of the GIOVE navigations satellites was launched on the 28/12/2005, information here
• Following the 21/12/2005 launches, updated Gonets information is here
• The MRO page also featured on the news page at Amsat
• The MRO reception page has been slash-dotted - link here
• An article on the successful reception of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at over 45 million miles distance is now online here
• Updated the UHF transponder info to include POR and IOR frequencies here
• The old UHF-Satcom.com guest book has been revived, please leave some feedback here
• An article on receiving ESA's Venus Express inter-planetary space probe has been added here
• A new page detailing X-band 7GHz reception has been added here
• A new page concerning the reception of S-Band TT&C has been added here
• A nice animated picture of a UHF-satcom antenna picture here
• Two satellite launches this week (Nov 2005), Venus Express and the new Inmarsat4FII
• A VHF beacon has been found on 137.140MHz from old Eutelsat satellites 1987-078B (ECS-4) 1988-063B (ECS-5)
• Added an old list of Russian Space Frequencies here, and a list of space frequencies here
• Updated the info on SICRAL at 16east here
• Hearsat-l email list - please subscribe if you are interested in participating in satellite observations. Click here.
• Clear comms on 252.050MHz from 12W satcom!!! Wearwolf calling Wolfden with radiochecks etc here and here and here and more here and yet more here

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