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Amateur Satellites at Skills Night

Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:01 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/21/amat...-skills-night/

Steve Hedgecock M0SHQ with Elk 145/435 MHz Log Periodic Antenna

Steve Hedgecock M0SHQ explained how to operate via the amateur radio
satellites at Skills Night hosted by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society
on Monday, June 20, 2016.

He showed how to use the Elk dual-band 145/435 MHz Log Periodic Antenna to
track the satellites and make contacts over thousands of kilometres using
just 5 watts from a handheld transceiver.

Steve described how he recently managed to use the AO-85 satellite to
contact the Isle of Arran DXpedition station GS3PYE using 5 watts and just
the handhelds quarter wave whip antenna. It should be noted though that a
small handheld Yagi is recommended for AO-85.
Sam Jewell G4DDK with one of his popular Microwave antennas

Also attending the Skills Night was long-time supporter of AMSAT-UK Sam
Jewell G4DDK. He brought along his stall of UHF/Microwave antennas,
pre-amps and other useful accessories.

Dave Powis G4HUP had his extensive selection of his kits, plus tools for
working with SMD (Surface Mount Devices). During the evening he provided
advice to attendees on a range of RF and construction related topics.

Both Dave and Sam have been regular attendees at the AMSAT-UK International
Space Colloquium in Guildford which this year takes place July 30-31,
further information at https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/

hupRF kits http://www.huprf.com/

G4DDK kits and accessories http://www.g4ddk.com/

Further information on the monthly Skills Night meetings can be found at
http://g0mwt.org.uk/skills
Dave Powis G4HUP with his RF kits

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Colloquium - Final Call for Speakers

Posted: 21 Jun 2016 01:11 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/21/coll...-for-speakers/

AO-73 (FUNcube-1) Image credit Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG

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

Further information https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/

73 Dave G4DPZ