AMSAT-UK

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Wellesley House School Tim Peake ARISS Contact

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 11:51 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/04/11/well...ariss-contact/

Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS preparing for his spacewalk in January

After a much needed break, the ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to
announce that the ARISS Schools contact for Wellesley House School in
Broadstairs, Kent has now been confirmed for Saturday, April 23, 2016 at
1210 GMT (1:10pm BST) with Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space
Station.
Wellesley House School

This contact will be webcast on the ARISS Principia website.Â* Further
details on the start time of the webcast will be made available in the
coming days so be sure to check for further information.

ARISS Principia https://principia.ariss.org/

Wellesley House School

https://twitter.com/wellesleyschool

http://www.wellesleyhouse.org/

Listening to the ISS on a handheld radio
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/10/list...s-on-handheld/

Get press publicity by receiving ISS school contacts

https://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/10/pres...receiving-iss/

What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/

A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby
that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started, see

http://rsgb.org/main/get-started-in-...ateur-radio-2/

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New IARU Satellite Advisor Hans Blondeel Timmerman PB2T

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 09:21 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/04/11/new-...immerman-pb2t/

Hans Blondeel Timmerman PB2T

The International Amateur Radio Union is pleased to announce that Hans
Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, is appointed to serve as IARU Satellite Advisor.

The appointment is effective immediately.Â* Blondeel Timmerman was first
licensed in 1980 and has served as VERON HF Manager from 2000-2001 and as
VERON Vice President from 2001-2008.Â* He was a member of the IARU Region 1
Executive Committee from 2002-2008 and served as IARU Region 1 President
from 2008-2014.Â* Blondeel Timmerman has served as EUDXF President since
2004 and currently serves as a YASME Foundation Director.Â* He is retired
from the Netherlands Army Signal Corps after a 38 year career working on
satellite projects and spectrum management.Â* He lives in the Netherlands
with his wife Margareet, K2XYL and has 2 adult sons.

The IARU Satellite Advisor represents the IARU to the satellite community
and the various amateur satellite organizations and performs satellite
frequency coordination according to the guidelines established by the
IARU.Â* In addition, the position calls for maintaining a database of
coordination requests and letters, report to the IARU Administrative
Council on issues related to satellites and satellite frequency
coordination and, if requested, to provide technical and operation advice
to assist the representation of the amateur satellite service to the
International Telecommunication Union.Â* The Satellite Advisor is assisted
by a panel of volunteer satellite advisory members.

Blondeel Timmerman replaces Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, who has served
as IARU Satellite Advisor since 1994.Â* Van de Groenendaal has established
many of the procedures used for amateur satellite frequency coordination
and has been a critical contributor to the process of satellite frequency
coordination for IARU.Â* The IARU is grateful for Hans van de Groenendaal’s
excellent work and thanks him for his years of service in this important
position. He will remain as special advisor to the satellite committee.

Any additional information can be obtained from the International Amateur
Radio Union, PO Box 310905, Newington, CT 06131-0905 USA Phone +1 860 594
0200, Fax +1 860 594 0259.

IARU Satellite Page http://www.iaru.org/satellite.html

IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination http://amsat.org.uk/iaru