AMSAT-UK will be hosting a Construction Competition at our 2018 Colloquium on October 13/14th at Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes. The competition is open to all.

The rules are simple:

1. Entries must be built from Kits or Home Constructed

2. The judging will take place during in the presentation room during the Lunch breaks on Saturday and Sunday. The entries need only be present for one of these sessions.

3. Three judges, nominated by the AMSAT-UK Chairman, will judge each entry on:

• External Appearance and Ergonomics

• Mechanical Construction

• Standard of Internal Wiring

• Standard of PCBs or internal circuitry

• Originality

4. The winners will be announced at the end of the Colloquium on Sunday afternoon. Prizes will be forwarded if the winner is not present.

5. A £50 Amazon Voucher will be awarded to the winner with a £25 Amazon Voucher for the runner-up.

6. The decisions of the Judges are final, and their marking will remain confidential!

7. Multiple entries for individuals are allowed and encouraged.

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

AMSAT EA will be on air on all available satellites with callsign AM1SAT from Sept 10-17 to celebrate IberRadio 2018 – IV Radiocommunications Fair, the biggest HAM party event in Spain and Portugal, Sept 15-16

Main grid will be IN70 but other ones will be activated as well. Our operators will work transatlantic QSOs too. QSLs by LOTW and eqsl

Any questions, please write to contacto@amsat-ea.org

AMSAT-EA will be transmitting its special call AM1SAT via all active satellites from September 10-17 as part of the IV RadioHam Fair IberRadio 2018 activities. IberRadio is the biggest event for the ham community in SouthWest Europe and will open doors September 15th and 16th. AM1SAT callsign will be active from a minimum of 14 different grids during that time to help satellite operators to collect as much EA locators as possible.

As part of this activity and in order to promote the participation, AMSAT-EA is sponsoring the AM1SAT Special Award in two categories: SILVER and GOLD.

AWARD RULES

1. This award can be requested and issued to any licensed amateur station and also SWLs

2. Will be valid contacts all those done via AMSAT satellites from September 10th 2018 to September 17th 2018 in all transmission modes.

3. There are two different requirements to get the awards, depending of the applicant location.

Applicant in a EU entity.

To get the award in its SILVER category, the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 5 different grids (We consider “grid” as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To get the award in its GOLD category the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 10 different grids.

Applicant in a Non-EU entity.

To get the award in its SILVER category, the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 2 different grids (We consider “grid” as a 4-digits main locator. For example IN71, IM68, JN00, etc). To get the award in its GOLD category the applicant has to contact AM1SAT in 4 different grids.

4. There is no need of paper QSLs nor EQSLs to ask for the award. When the applicant gets the requirements, s/he has to send via email a log with the QSOs, listing his callsign, name, and QSO data (Date, GMT time, frequencies, mode, received grid and used satellite). Also we need the applicant email to send the award. The awards will be send, latest in 2 months and only in PDF format, free of charge.

5. Logs and any question about this activity must be send to eb1ao@amsat-ea.org

6. Logs must be received by October 1st 2018. We will consider the AM1SAT operators logs as the valid ones to check and cross the QSOs. Disputes or open issues will be solved by AMSAT-EA committee.

AMSAT-EA https://www.amsat-ea.org/

English AMSAT-EA newsletter
https://www.amsat-ea.org/app/download/10708456/AMSAT-EA-Newsletter_09-2018.pdf

IberRadio 2018 http://www.iberradio.es/en/