In cooperation with the VERON VHF day, a second 'Satellite Day for Radioamateurs' will be held in The Netherlands. Date: April 25, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 09:00 - 16:30 (local time) Location: City of Apeldoorn, in the Mid-East of the Netherlands.
Most presentations will be held in Dutch, while the Delft/Delfi presentation will be in English. Of course almost everyone in The Netherlands speaks English so we invite everyone whom is interested to join us!
Sponsored by the VERON (http://www.veron.nl), the entrance is free (no admission), including free coffee, tea and lunch. We would like to know how many participants we will have, so please sign up via email to either one of us.
We look forward to another exciting satellite event! http://amsat-nl.org/satday2015
Best regards Ivo Klinkert - PA1IVO, email: pa1ivo AT amsat.org Henk Hamoen - PA3GUO, email pa3guo AT amsat.org
Listed below is the program:
FUNcube: from launch to the future - Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG: In 2013 Wouter addressed us about the then upcoming launch of FUNcube-1 and we had the working engineering model of the satellite on stage. This time Wouter will update us on the experiences with the (still fully operational) FUNcube-1 satellite that in the mean time celebrated its first anniversary in space! Wouter is closely involved in various FUNcube projects and will be able to share a lot of inside information.
Spacenews from the University of Delft: Delfi-n3Xt, DelFFi and more .. - Nils von Storch and Ehsan Tofigh: Nils and Ehsan will update us about Delfi-n3Xt, DelFFi and the Stratos II (amateurrocket of the TU Delft) missions.
Satellites: currently operational and future satellites - Jan van Gils, PE0SAT: An overview of the currently operational satellites working on amateur radio frequencies plus a sneak preview into the (near) future. Projects like AMSAT-NA's new satellite (Fox), the upcoming AMSAT-DL geostationary satellite with transponders (Es'HailSat-2) and many more interesting cubesats.
How to start with amateur radio satellites - Henk Hamoen, PA3GUO: This presentation is expecially geared towards starters: what do you need to get going? What is LEO/HEO? When is a satellite in reacvh and can I hear it? Also we will discuss equipment: what do you (and what do you not) need for this fascinating hobby.
Satellite tracking for expert users - Nico Janssen, PA0DLO: What is the meaning of all these secretive Kepler sets and their parameters inside. What can be derived from TLE sets and what can you do with it? Can you do measurements using satellite tracks? How to identify satellites using TLE sets? How to calculate the moment a satellite will de-orbit and burn down into the atmosphere? All this and more will be discussed by Nico.
Reception of satellite signals: SDR, software modems and other tools - Jan van Gils, PE0SAT: Many satellite transmit digital signals, which are very interesting... if you can decode them! Jan share his experience in decoding these signals using software defined radio (SDR), softmodems and other tools. Plus not to forget: about all the university contacts & friends around the world with whom he works together on this exciting technology!
Deep Space Probes on the amateur radio bands - Rob Hardenberg, PE1ITR: Think you did DX? Think again! Listen tot his presentation by Rob about the reception of deep space probes MRO, LX0OHB-4m, Shinen-2 and Artsat2:Despatch. A record was set at 4.7 million kilometers from Earth!
Hands-on session Amateur satellites - PA3GUO, PA3WEG, PE0SAT and PA1IVO: We will do live sessions where we will listen to Cubesats and transmit via satellite transponders. Equipment will be on site, but we encourage everyone to bring their own set-up along. Doesn't matter whether that is small or big - it's all about fun! In 2013 we made QSOs via satellites from one end of the parking lot to the other. See here: http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/other/img/SatDay2013_1.jpg
More information and detailed timelines can be found here: http://amsat-nl.org/satday2015