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Presentation of Louis Varney cup

Posted: 04 Aug 2016 02:21 PM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/04/louis-varney-cup/

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 Wouters outstanding technical contributions
to several amateur satellites and associated outreach.
Watch the presentation



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Amateur radio presentations at EMF 2016 Guildford

Posted: 04 Aug 2016 08:15 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/04/amateur-radio-emfcamp/

David Rowntree 2E0DRV communicating via the International Space Station

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. It is hoped the presentations may
be streamed live on the web.

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/201...event-0608.htm

The amateur radio satellite talks being given over the weekend a

• A hackers guide to satellites — Dave Rowntree 2E0DRV (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...: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/gett...tellites-2016/