I built my first transistor radio when I was 12 years old. The Gemini space program and later the Apollo program were my youthful introduction to astronomy. Through the school I had on my 17th (1970) already facilities for receiving weather satellite (Nimbus 3) signals (NOAA). I am an licensed radio amateur since 1978.
Jan Poppeliers
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Mar 27
St. John’s, NL, Canada, telebridge via ON4ISS
A ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio was scheduled for March 27, 2024 at 16:25 UTC (1:55:27 pm NDT ad Newfoundland) with astronaut Loral O’Hara, amateur radio call sign KI5TOM. and students of St. John’s School Authority, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Newfoundland (NL) Schools is an entity of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador which …
Mar 23
Lana’i H&E School, HI, telebridge via ON4ISS
This telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students from Lāna’i High and Elementary School in Hawai to ask their questions of Astronaut Warren Hoburg, amateur radio call sign KB3HTZ. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and is be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint over Europe. The ARISS amateur radio …
Dec 21
Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, ARISS telebridge contact via ON4ISS
An ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio, performed with students of “Berufliche Shule Directotaat 1 Nurenberg” on Wednesday 21 december 2021 at 08:21 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH, answered 12 questions. Stefan Vogl DL1STV coordinated the ARISS contact in the …
Jun 08
AMSAT-Belgium – General Assembly 2021
annual general meeting 2021 – video conference – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 20:00 CEST The members of AMSAT Belgium, non-profit association, are invited to attend the annual general meeting. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this meeting cannot take place in the usual cozy atmosphere. The meeting is organized with a video conference. The video …
Oct 07
UHF multi-point telebridge: McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA & Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
On Wednesday, October 7 2020 at 14:18 UTC, there was a successful ARISS contact between students from McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, USA and ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. For this multi-point telebridge contact Chris Cassidy used the ARISS Interoperable Radio System (IORS) which is installed in the Columbus module. Exceptionally, …
Jul 30
American School of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Multipoint telebridge via ON4ISS
A Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio, developed for distance learning while worldwide education institutions are closed due to COVID-19 that took place on Thursday 30 juli 2020 at 16:41 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful.. ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR, answered 12 questions …
Jul 10
Multipoint ARISS internet bridge with students of Don Bosco, Haacht, Belgium via AB1OC.
A Multipoint ARISS Internet Bridge via Amateur Radio, was performed using videoconference over internet with students on Friday 10 juli 2020 at 10:52 UTC with NA1SS and ARISS telebridge ground station AB1OC (Hollis, NH) was successful. ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR, answered 12 questions from students of Don Bosco secondary school …
Jun 16
Villanueva de la Serena, Spain, Multipoint telebridge via ON4ISS
A Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio, developed for distance learning while worldwide education institutions are closed due to COVID-19 that took place on Tuesday 16 juni 2020 at 12:25 UTC with OR4ISS and ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful.. ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR, answered 11 questions …
Jun 12
General Assembly 2020
annual general meeting 2020 – video conference – Monday, June 29, 2020 at 20:00 CEST The members of AMSAT Belgium, non-profit association, are invited to attend the annual general meeting. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this meeting cannot take place in the usual cozy atmosphere. The meeting is organized with a video conference. The general …
Jan 05
QARMAN ready to deployed from ISS.
QARMAN is a satellite from the Von Karman institute in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium. It is a 3U cubesat with dimensions 10x10x30 cm and the last satellite of the QB50 experiment. It will orbit Earth for around 4 months before reentering the atmosphere. It will survive reentry but not its fall to Earth. Instead its data will …