This is the final call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2016 which will be held from Saturday, July 30 to Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, United Kingdom.
AMSAT-UK invites speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats, Nanosats, space and associated activities, for this event.
They are also invited to submit papers for subsequent publishing on the AMSAT-UK web site or Oscar News.
Those wishing to participate should contact Dave, G4DPZ, dave at g4dpz dot me dot uk
Drew Glasbrenner M/KO4MA working FO-29 at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2015
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UT Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26.
In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World are working to put an all-kids Special Event ARRL Field Day station on the air in 2016. This station will have the special event call sign of K1D and it will be set-up, operated, and put away by kids who are ham radio operators.
Kids of all ages and their parents (both licensed hams and non-hams alike) are encouraged to come out and participate in this exciting event. New hams and even non-hams can experience the excitement of talking to people around the world with the Get On the Air (GOTA) station, which will have the callsign K4G. Both stations will operate from grid EL99IA in Deland, Florida, USA.
The kids will be on the HF bands and on the Amateur Radio satellites.
K1D will be joined by AMSAT’s Vice-President Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, who will be a kid-for-a-day to help get the kids on the linear satellites. Look for them and give them a shout!
Tony Bombardiere K2MO has released a video showing operation of PSK31, PSK63 and Hellshreiber on the amateur radio satellites.
He demonstrates WinPSK and IZ8BLY’s Hellschreiber which both have satellite capabilities. Essentially, the applications make it easy for the operator to monitor digital signals on the satellites downlink while simultaneously transmitting on the satellites uplink; it’s accomplished by utilizing the sound cards full-duplex operation.
Broadcaster and technology journalist Rupert Goodwins G6HVY writes about amateur radio on the Technology and Gadget website ARS Technica. He highlights the STEM work carried out by the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program.
Rupert says: It’s a good time to be technical. Maker communities are thriving around the world, tools and materials to create and adapt are cheaper and more powerful now than ever, and open source hardware, software, and information mean that if you can think it, you can learn how to do it and then make it happen.
For one group of technological explorers, this is more than just a golden age of opportunity: it’s providing the means to save one of the oldest traditions in electronic invention and self-education, one that helped shape the modern world: amateur radio.
John Brier KG4AKV has released a video showing reception of the MAI-75 experiment Slow Scan TV transmissions from the International Space Station.
This is one of two rare MAI-75 passes over North America. The other is in Video #3 in this series (see link below). It’s rare because the MAI-75 event only took place for a few hours of Thursday and Friday during the week long event, and almost all of the passes didn’t go over North America, so getting it was really special. This was a great way to round out the April 2016 ISS SSTV week long event! I love this SuitSat image!
Oh yeah! This was shot partially with a GoPro! Enjoy the views.
Eventually I hope to make a time lapse of all the ISS SSTV images I received during this event, but my next video will be of an SO-50 pass where I made six contacts, five of which were back to back.
Watch Spacesuit MAI-75 Image! – Last Pass of April 2016 ISS SSTV Event – Video #4
Sandringham students talk to Tim Peake GB1SS using amateur radio – BBC TV screenshot
The ten school contacts with Tim Peake on the ISS during his Principia mission have inspired thousands of young people and introduced them to amateur radio in a new and exciting way. A new RSGB video celebrates these historic events and the range of linked activities the schools have enjoyed.
Students at Derby High School Bury used amateur radio to link up with Tim Peake
Beginning with the exhilaration of the launch, it follows the competition for schools to host the ARISS contacts, and showcases the variety of science, technology, engineering, maths (STEM) and arts activities that helped pupils to understand more about space and amateur radio.
The contacts themselves, often led by newly-licensed pupils, were the successful culmination of many months of work and anticipation. We congratulate everyone involved and hope you enjoy our celebration.
AMSAT-UK 
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