At the May 2024 SARTS quarterly meeting, Andrew Young kindly shared the wealth of information he has collated for SARTS members and a wider community of local people interested in building a vibrant LoRa based Meshtastic network in Singapore. This document is updated regularly as Meshtastic is evolving fast, so anyone interested is invited to join the 9V1 Meshtastic telegram group, which holds regular meetups and is coordinated through the LPWAN & IOT Interest Group Singapore, a community aligned with but independent to SARTS.
Postings
SARTS and Singapore Scouts
For decades SARTS and Singapore Scouts have run successful JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) and, more recently, also JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) events. Samuel Lau 9V1BX, working with 9V1FH, 9V1ST and others, set out to explore if there could be a way to deepen the relationship by empowering scout leaders to build Amateur Radio related activities into what the scouts already do. At the May 2024 SARTS Quarterly meeting Sam shared this presentation he used to introduce a series of activities at a joint activity session held on 11 May 2024.
Bear-10 Flight Announcement
- Date/Time 19 May 2024 (Sunday) 06:45 SGT lift off.
- Duration: a few hours
- Call sign: 9V1WP-11
- APRS: on 144.390 MHz
- SSTV on 145.550 MHz
…weather permitting and with positive clearance by air-force controllers at time of planned launch. Flight plan has been approved by RSAF and CAAS, and payload approved by IMDA.
The weather Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio (BEAR) is expected to reach an altitude of 25 km or FL820.
SST Update
Connecting SARTS, SST and Space, Science & Technology
Presentation by Tan Hoe Teck, 9V1ST during the Feb 2024 quarterly meeting.
Tour of former BBC Far Eastern Relay Station
On 15 September 2023 members of Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society were given a tour of the facilities built for the BBC World Service in Singapore which closed in July 2023. Thank you to our hosts at Encompass, who now run the site, to James 9V1YC for organizing the tour, and to Kevin 9V1KT for the video. Hugh 9V1SA posted many of the photos taken by our members in a Wikipedia article about the site.
YOTA Summer Camp Region 1 2023
Presentation by Sam, 9V1BX, during the SARTS quarterly meeting Sep 2023.
Portable Operation within NParks, SLA, LTA – IMDA Rules
Portable operation within SLA / NParks / LTA / IMDA rules
Presentation held by Roland, 9V1RT, during the SARTS quarterly meeting in Sep 2023.
Portable Operations in Singapore
FCC amateur radio licensing guide for Singapore HAMs
BEAR-8
from Chew, 9V1HP
Balloon Experiment with Amateur Radio (BEAR-8)
is expected to be airborne on Sunday 28 May 2023 (Sunday) from around 06:45 (SGT) or 22:45 (27 May, UTC). Payload DRA818V.
APRS on 144.390 MHz: Telemetry, location, altitude, temperature and pressure.
SSTV on 145.550 MHz, Periodic snapshot.
TEAM
Project Lead / Payload (2), 9V1LW
Flt Sys / Payload (1), 9V1WP
Flt. Lifting, 9V1FH
Flt. Tracking, 9V1CV
Flt. Co-ord, 9V1YP