Monthly Archives: July 2016

Jul 13 2016

RSGB Board Chair to address AMSAT-UK Colloquium

RSGB Chair Steve Hartley G0FUWThe RSGB Board Chair Steve Hartley G0FUW will address the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at the Holiday Inn, Guildford on Sunday, July 31.

He will give an insight into the RSGB support given to the schools involved in the Principia ARISS contacts and how the Society plan to build on those successes. He will also outline the Schools Link project which aims to show schools how they can use amateur radio to deliver ‘core’ science in a practical way to enrich the learning experience, and hopefully generate some new radio amateurs (and maybe radio communication engineers) in the process.

The Colloquium takes place July 30-31 and is open to all, admittance is £10 per day.

Libby Jackson, Astronaut Flight Education Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency will be speaking during the Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening, book your place via http://shop.amsat-uk.org/

Further information can be found at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/

Jul 11 2016

LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder Tested

Members of the Harbin Institute Of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT receiving LilacSat-2

Members of the Harbin Institute Of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT receiving LilacSat-2

On July 10, 2016 the amateur radio SSB/CW linear transponder on the student built satellite LilacSat-2 was successfully tested.

LilacSat-2, call sign BJ1SI, was built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology and launched on September 19, 2015.

The 40 kHz wide SSB/CW transponder is Non-Inverting which means the Doppler shift of a signal going through the transponder will be twice that usually seen on Low Earth Orbit inverting linear transponder satellites.

Clayton Coleman W5PFG reported that he and Glenn Miller AA5PK had a contact through the transponder, a recording can be heard at
https://soundcloud.com/w5pfg/lilacsat-2-2016-07-11-1315z-ssb-transponder

The transponder frequencies are:
• 144.3425-144.3825 MHz Uplink
• 437.180-437.220 MHz Downlink
It is not yet known when the transponder will be activated again.

LilacSat-2 https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/lilacsat-2/

Jul 3 2016

Registration Needed for SSTL Kepler Visit

SSTL-Kepler-Building

SSTL Kepler Building

As part of the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium there will be tours of the satellite facilities at the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) Kepler building on Friday, July 29.

Update July 28 – The tours are now full to capacity. SSTL can only accept a limited number of visitors. We are very sorry if you have been disappointed!

As previously noted, any one wishing to go needed to contact us by 5pm 28 July.

Those who are registered for the tour have been notified of the details by email.

AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium July 29-31 https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/