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 27
Newly elected ARISS-Europe board
According the ARISS-Europe Terms of Reference, Board elections took place in 2015: A call for candidatures was circulated to the Member Societies March 2015. Candidatures were accepted till the end of May 2015. June 4, 2015 four candidates were presented to the Member Societies. Till September 1st, 2015, the votes of the Member Societies were …
Jul 25
30th AMSAT-UK Colloquium – 24-26 July 2015
The 2015 International Space Colloquium – the 30th held by AMSAT-UK, had taking place on July 24, 25 and 26, 2015 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, United Kingdom. This video report includes important announcements about developments in the amateur radio satellite community. It is proof that AMSAT groups working borderless to develop new radio amateur satellite …
Jul 25
Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA works sat FO-29
On July 25, 2015 Drew Glasbrenner M/KO4MA/p gave a demonstration at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford of working the amateur radio satellite FO-29 with a portable station consisting of two FT-817 and an Arrow antenna in mode V/U on SSB. At the same time, Drew gave detailed explanations. Drew’s demonstration was followed by more than 30 radio …
Jun 01
general Assembly 2015
annual general meeting 2015 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 23, 2015 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. New …
Apr 13
HamTV / HamVideo commissioning
Sunday 13 April 2014, Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, operated OR4ISS and successfully completed the HamVideo commissioning with ARISS team, HamTV on ISS. Commander Koichi Wakata congratulated ARISS for this achievement and answered a series of questions, prepared in the manner of a school contact. He also proceeded to a microgravity experiment. 5mn 44s of video received …
Nov 26
OUFTI-1 on the launchpad
OUFTI-1 is a “real” satellite and will be launched by a launch vehicle and will be in orbit just like Hubble or the GPS constellation. It is now ready to go into space. OUFTI-1 the nanosatellite project OUFTI-1 – Telecommunication, A. Hay (in french)
Nov 09
OUFTI-1 a small cubesat gets big
OUFTI-1 the first satellite project developed by students in Belgium get to be launched into orbit in 2015. A trip to space, the stars of Liège, whose preparation is nearing its end. OUFTI-1 – Technical information
Mar 26
15th European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC)
The European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC) workshop on small, micro, nano and CubeSat missions took place on March 25 2013 Euro Space Center in Transinne and ESA Redu Centre, Belgium. AMSAT Belgium and the UBA took advantage of the opportunity to demonstrate the engineering model of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 satellite along with the FUNcube Dongle SDR …
Sep 15
27th AMSAT-UK Colloquium – 14-16 September 2012
The 2012 International Space Colloquium – the 27th held by AMSAT-UK, had taking place on September 14, 15 and 16, 2012 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, United Kingdom. This video report includes important announcements about developments in the amateur radio satellite community. Presentation Schedule 27th AMSAT-UK Colloquium This video report is an attachment on the …
Jul 23
OUFTI-1 – ULg CubeSat – status June 2011
On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 the OUFTI-1 team presented the current state of development of the first Belgian student nanosatellite and recent realizations in the OUFTI-1 project, as well a demonstration of ongoing activities. The OUFTI-1 team presented at the Montefiore Institute of the University of Liège the current state of development of the first …