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TAPR Announces Production Of HPSDR Janus and Ozy Boards
Here is a ground floor opportunity for amateur radio operators interested in experimenting with Software
Defined Radio. This week TAPR announced production plans of the High Performance Software Defined
Radio (HPSDR) Janus and Ozy boards. According to the HPSDR organization, the Janus module is a
very high performance, dual, full duplex, A/D and D/A converter board. This is planned as a cost effective
approach to develop a board which approaches the performance of professional high end sound cards.
Paired with the Ozy board and with proper software, it can act like a very high performance sound card
external to the PC. The OZY module is an FPGA based interface controller card that provides the input
and output connections to the real world. OZY also provides a high speed USB 2.0 interface to the
controlling PC. Interested radio amateurs should visit Dale's, WA8SRA HAMSDR website
http://www.hamsdr.com/.
You will need to register for full access on the site. If you are already a member
and have previously expressed interest in these projects, log in and re-enter your quantities of each board.
Satellite Shorts From All Over
Clive G3CWV reported that during the period 23 January to 14 February OSCAR 11 was heard with good
steady signals. To investigate the on-board clock's hour problem Clive would welcome some telemetry from
different parts of the world, at times when the orbits do not pass over the UK. Please e-mail to him at
@amsat.org. The VHF beacon is on 145.826 MHz with AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry. For additional information
about OSCAR 11 see: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/
Some satellite operators may be able to copy EME signals from the Japanese Big Dish Project. JAMSAT is
participating with several other organizations in setting up a 32m-Dish EME station in Ibaragi, Japan. They
plan to be active on 144MHz, 432MHz, 1296MHz and 5.6GHz from 23 Feb to 24 March at possible windows.
Full information is available at: http://8n1eme.jp/modules/news/
and the planned EME operating schedule can be seen at
http://8n1eme.jp/SKD-EME-8N1EME-060215-1EN.pdf.
Shorts from all over
The Southern Africa Amateur Radio Satellite Association (SAAMSAT) will be holding its annual space
Communications conference in Gauteng on Saturday 23 June 2007. South Africa’s latest satellite project
SumbandilaSat which is planned for launch in June and carries Amateur Radio Equipment. For more
information about the conference visit: http://www.amsatsa.org.za . AMSAT-UK reminds everyone the dates
for the 2007 AMSAT-UK Colloquium are 20 through 22 July 2007. We are holding it a week earlier than
normal to avoid clashing with the Central States VHF Event. Venue is to be the University of Surrey, as per
previous years. Details of the colloquium can be found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org.
Planning has started for the October 2007 AMSAT-NA Space symposium which will be held in Pittsburgh
this year. More details are coming soon.
The University of New South Wales in Australia is building BlueSat which will include amateur radio
frequencies. Moreinformation about this project is on-line at: http://www.bluesat.unsw.edu.au. (AMSAT)
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