Steve Hartley G0FUW presents the Louis Varney Cup to Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG – Credit Mike Rupprecht DK3WN
On July 31 at the AMSAT-UK International Space colloquium in Guildford the RSGB Board Chair Steve Hartley G0FUW presented the RSGB Louis Varney Cup for Advances in Space Communications to Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG.
The award was in recognition of Wouter’s outstanding technical contributions to several amateur satellites and associated outreach.
Watch the presentation
David Rowntree 2E0DVR communicating via Amateur Radio Satellite
Many radio amateurs are giving presentations at the Electromagnetic Field EMF 2016 event taking place near Guildford August 5-7 and two special event stations will be operating from the site. There is live streaming of presentations at http://streaming.media.ccc.de/emf2016/
The event is aimed at makers, scientists, engineers and radio enthusiasts. Most radio amateurs will be in two villages on the site, HABville and the Amateur Radio Village.
The London Hackspace Amateur Radio Club are planning to erect at least one of their Clark masts in the amateur radio village. London Hackspace will be showcasing Amateur Radio on bands from 3.5 MHz (80m) to 430 MHz (70cm) and maybe higher using the call sign GB4EMF.
RSGB Youth Committee member Rebecca M6BUB will be at the GB8EMF station which will be using three ICOM transceivers, two IC-706MKIIG and an IC-746.
Listen out for 434 MHz balloon trackers from HABville during the weekend, tracking information at https://tracker.habhub.org/
At 1559 GMT (4:59pm BST) on Saturday, August 6 the International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Kate Rubins KG5FYJ should be receivable at the event on a handheld radio tuned to 145.800 MHz FM. Full details at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/ariss-event-0608.htm
The amateur radio satellite talks being given over the weekend are:
• A hacker’s guide to satellites — Dave Rowntree 2E0DVR (drummer in rock-band Blur)
• Receiving live video from the Space Station — Daniel Cussen EI9FHB HamTV
• The story behind $50SAT, a new approach to Amateur satellite design which became the world’s smallest operational satellite, built for £125 in a garden shed — Stuart Robinson GW7HPW
Other presentations by radio amateurs include:
• 100 years of Shannon — the man, his work and his legacy — Matthew Ireland MW0MIE
• Asynchronous or Analogue Methods for Computation — Matthew Ireland MW0MIE
• Connecting computers together over 1,000s miles without using the Internet — GB8EMF Amateur Radio Station
• Hacking Robot Dinosaurs — Dr Lucy Rogers M6CME (Judge on BBC Robot Wars)
• My Ubertooth Year — Michael Ossmann AD0NR developer of HackRF One SDR
• Numbers Stations: Cold War, short waves — Henry Cooke
• Rebooting a Hobby: How Modern Digital Comms are Reviving Amateur Radio — Ryan Sayre M0RYS
Electromagnetic Field EMF 2016
https://twitter.com/emfcamp
https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule
https://www.emfcamp.org/line-up/2016
EMF HABville https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Village:HABville
EMF Amateur Radio Village https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Village:Amateur_Radio
London Hackspace ARC
https://twitter.com/m0hsl
https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Group:Amateur_Radio
Previous EMF events have generated BBC News coverage
https://amsat-uk.org/2014/09/02/bbc-reports-emf-2014/
What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio
Find a short Amateur Radio training course near you at https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/
The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016 is available from the AMSAT-UK online shop
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016/
Colloquium Ground Station Team Explaining Satellite Working – Credit Mike Rupprecht DK3WN
Thanks to the hard work of British Amateur Television Club (BATC) and AMSAT-UK volunteers the videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford on July 30-31, 2016 are now available on YouTube.
Sky News interview with Jessica Leigh M6LPJ with Kenwood TS-2000X in background
During the Colloquium AMSAT-UK operated a satellite ground station using the call sign G0AUK. Contacts were made via the SO-50, AO-85 and FO-29 satellites.
The ground station used the Kenwood TS-2000X transceiver that was successfully used for all the UK school contacts with astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS during his Principia mission on the International Space Station.
The TS-2000X was kindly loaned by Martin Lynch & Sons Ltd and Kenwood Communications UK.
The 2016 Colloquium presentations along with those from previous years can be found on the AMSAT-UK YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/playlists
The videos of the presentations can either be watched online or downloaded to your PC using readily available free YouTube download software for showing at club meetings.
AMSAT-UK publish a quarterly newsletter OSCAR News, a sample issue can be downloaded here. Electronic (PDF) membership is £15 a year – Join Here
In their response to the Ofcom consultation on Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz Amateur Radio allocation the RSGB said “We are deeply disappointed in respect of Ofcom’s compliance with its duties…”
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) response highlighted that:
a) Ofcom has deliberately not contacted the most innovative incumbents/stakeholders as
stated in Para 3.43 (only Wi-Fi) prior to the formal consultation period
b) As an incumbent we have been blocked from contact during the consultation
c) Ofcom has ignored their duty with respect to CEPT ECA allocation footnotes ECA17/23
d) We expect Ofcom to makes amends and engage, or we will consider escalating this
The Society pointed out that “Ofcom’s research is badly flawed and belittles incumbents…” and “Ofcom strategy for Consumers is also flawed…”
The RSGB describes how “Ofcom’s preference risks causing harmful interference at home and internationally” and “Ofcom continues to unfairly suppress the most innovative stakeholder in the band, and undermine technology for innovation and emergency communications…”
Read both the RSGB and the AMSAT-UK responses at
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/spectrum-forum-posts-overview/spectrum-forum-papers-consultations/2016/08/01/5ghz-wi-fi/
Ofcom propose using Amateur Radio band for Wi-Fi
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/05/13/ofcom-propose-using-ham-radio-band-for-wi-fi/
CEPT European Common Allocation Table
http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/ERCREP025.PDF
Thanks to volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) the presentations at this weekend’s AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford will be streamed live to a global audience.
This year to provide an enhanced streaming experience, the webstream will be available at this new location:
https://beta.batc.tv/live/amsatuk
The Live Stream will begin on Saturday morning, July 30 at 10:15 BST with the Official Opening by Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO.
Download the programme PDF Schedule Here
Recordings of all talks will be posted on the AMSAT-UK YouTube Channel following the event
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK
British Amateur Television Club http://www.batc.org.uk/
Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL with portable satellite antennas
Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL, well known for satellite operating from remote Scottish Islands and the Channel Islands, will be among the amateur satellite enthusiasts attending the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium at the Holiday Inn, Guildford. The event is open to all.
He’ll be giving an insight into portable satellite operating in his presentation ‘Satellite Operations in the Field’ at 1:50pm BST on Saturday, July 30.
The talk will explore experience gained from 5 years of satellite operations from Scottish Islands (Isle of Arran, Mull & Lewis) and the Channel Islands (Guernsey), looking at equipment from using simple handheld equipment to fully automated stations, techniques and issues experienced along the way.
Thanks to volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) the presentation will be streamed lived to a global audience at https://beta.batc.tv/live/amsatuk
The full weekend schedule along with booking and travel information is available at
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/30/amsat-uk-international-space-colloquium-2016/
The book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016 is now available from the AMSAT-UK shop
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/27/getting-started-with-amateur-satellites-2016/
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