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AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2009 - Booking Information |
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Information on how to book a place at the Colloquium to be held at the Holiday Inn on 25/26 July has now been published, and can be seen at here. Please note that the hotel will only hold rooms up to 3 July, so you are advised to book early! Travel (and other) details about the Guildford Holiday Inn can be found at here. (As at 2 Jun 09) the hotel web site incorrectly shows the train fare from Gatwick as £35, its more like £10 single! We have asked the hotel to amend this.) |
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AMSAT UK Shop under new management |
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After several years of running the AMSAT-UK shop, Jim G3WGM has handed the reins to Ciaran Morgan M0XTD. Ciaran obtained his full license in April 2008 and enjoyed organising a very successful ARISS contact between Budbrooke School in Warwick, England and Richard Garriott K5KWQ whilst he was onboard the International Space Station in October 2008. |
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AMSAT 2009 COLLOQUIUM - URGENT UPDATE |
Earlier this year AMSAT-UK announced its intention to hold its Annual Colloquium in 2009 at the University of Manchester over the weekend of July 24-26th. Unfortunately it has not proved possible to produce a programme including the food and accommodation at rates that would match or be more economic than those of previous years. Therefore, to ensure the best possible event for the largest number of visitors the venue has been changed to the Holiday Inn Hotel at Guildford - this is very close to the Surrey University where the event has been held previously. |
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First German Mars Mission makes sidestep to Venus, Ground station in Bochum generated echoes from Venus The team of German Space Agency AMSAT-DL reached another milestone on the way to send a spacecraft to Mars on 25 March 2009. From ground mission control station in Bochum (located in the observatory IUZ Sternwarte) radio frequency signals were sent to Venus. |
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Colloquium 2009 - First Call For Speakers |
 This is the first call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2009 which will be held from Saturday July 25th to Sunday 26th July 2009. |
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Membership Renewals now Due |
All members should be receiving the next edition of Oscar News within the first two weeks of 2009. With it will be a reminder that membership renewals for 2009 are now due. These can be made on line using major credit/debit cards or PayPal on the AMSAT-UK secure web site at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/. Don't wait for Oscar News, do it NOW! 73s Jim G3WGM |
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Listen for New Sats using Web Receiver |
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You can listen for the new Amateur Radio satellites, launched Friday Jan 23, by using a Web based Software Defined Radio (SDR). Some of the Radio Amateurs who were involved in the very successful Delfi-C3 / DO-64 Amateur Radio satellite have made available a WebSDR receiver that listeners around the world can use to receive signals from the new Amateur Radio satellites. |
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ESEO Project - latest news! |
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The ESEO project is moving ahead! AMSAT-UK is getting ready to support it with on board transponder and telemetry equipment. The latest news item on the ESA Education website gives up to date information about the progress made so far. |
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Oscar News - new editor required |
Unfortunately the Oscar News editor, Charles Riley G4JQX, has had to retire from role due to health problems. We thank him for his four years of hardwork and hope that he will make a speedy recovery. |
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Update on the European Student Earth Orbiter - ESEO Project. |
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Some good news for a change! AMSAT-UK is delighted to announce that the ESEO project is going ahead once again and that although it is now a LEO mission it is expected to have a number of amateur sub-systems and at least one transponder on board. |
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