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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Sep 23
The Children’s Inn at NIH speaks with astronaut Nick Hague via ON4ISS
The ARISS contact on Monday 23 September 2019 at 20:09 UTC (22:09 CEST) 89 deg with OR4ISS and the Children’s Inn at NIH, Bethesda, Maryland via ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV answered 11 questions from children at the Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health’s ). …
Jul 27
24th World Scout Jamboree speaks with astronaut Drew Morgan via ON4ISS
The ARISS contact on Saturday 27 july 2019 at 18:27 UTC (20:27 CEST) 68 deg with OR4ISS and the 24th World Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia, USA via ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Astronaut Drew Morgan, KI5AAA (also assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 452 in Friendswood, Texas) …
May 27
ARISS contact Yellowknife, Canada via ON4ISS
The ARISS contact on Monday 27 mai 2019 at 19:44 UTC (21:44 CEST) 81 deg with OR4ISS and Mildred Hall School , Yellowknife, Canada , via ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Astronaut David St-Jacques KG5FYI answered all 16 questions from students. Mildred Hall, a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 School, is …
May 16
General Assembly 2019
annual general meeting 2019 The members of AMSAT Belgium, non-profit association, are invited to attend the annual general meeting. The general assembly will take place on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 20:00 in the clubhouse of the Radio Club Leuven – Diestsevest 39 at Leuven. (The meeting room is located in the basement) Agenda: 1. …
Apr 11
ARISS contact Ecole des Charmilles, Thyez, France
The ARISS contact on Thursday 11 april 2019 at 12:55 UTC (14:55 CEST) 64 deg with OR4ISS and Ecole des Charmilles, Thyez , via ARISS telebridge ground station ON4ISS (Aartselaar, Belgium) was successful. Astronaut David St-Jacques KG5FYI answered 17 questions from students. 200 people attended the ARISS contact with enthusiasm, among them 150 children between …
Feb 12
MarconISSta experiment identified ON4ISS signals
The project leader and initiator of MarconISSta, Martin Buscher DJ1MBB, has requested some support to help categorise the antennas on the ISS. The ARISS telebridge groundstation ON4ISS reacted immediately and transmitted at different ISS passes the desired signal to the ISS. SUMMARY OF TEST TRANSMISSION – ON4ISSTX on 435.550 MHz during the entire pass, LHCP …
Dec 08
ARISS-Europe News Bulletin > 2500 subscribers
The ‘ARISS-Europe News Bulletin mailing list’ was launched in 2001 with the announcement via email of planned ARISS contacts that are audible in Europe. Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, took at that time the initiative to inform some interested people by email about ARISS activities relevant to Radio Amateurs in Europe.The success of this initiative obliged Gaston …
Oct 16
ARISS contact St-Jozef College – NOK Turnhout
The ARISS contact on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 12:04 UTC (14:04 CEST) 88 deg with OR4ISS and ON4NOK St-Jozef College (Turnhout, Belgium) was successful. Astronaut Alexander Gerst KF5ONO answered 11 questions from students of St-Jozef College in Turnhout, Belgium. Media source: VRT: leerlingen-praten-met-astronaut-in-de-ruimte-dankzij-radioverbinding UBA section NOK: http://on4nok.be GVA: even-naar-de-ruimte-bellen
Oct 15
ARISS-USA Education Summit, College Park, MD
On October 15 and 16, 2018, the ARISS-USA Education Summit was held at College Park Airport and Museum Conference Center (Maryland, USA). It was an ideal opportunity to enhance STEM Ideas through displays and demos. Dan Barstow, KA1ARD, presented the CASIS Space Station Explorers Program. During this summit the educational aspect of ARISS contacts was …
Sep 21
ARISS telebridge contact in St-Vith & Nürenberg
The ARISS contact Friday 21 september 2018 at 10:15:22 UTC of Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with Bischöfliche Schule and Technisches Institut, St. Vith, Belgium, and Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany was a successful. The amateur radio contact with NA1SS was a telebridge via W6SRJ the ARISS ground station at Santa Rosa Jr. College, CA, …