Artist's impression of Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Live Demonstration of Reception of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

In addition to the presentation by Achim Vollhardt DH2VA on the remarkable achievement by Radio Amateurs in Germany in receiving signals from the Voyager 1 at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, we can now announce that the event will also include a live demonstration of DX reception from deep space.

Freddy de Guchteneire, ON6UG, will be receiving signals live from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
This spacecraft was launched last year and only entered Mars orbit in March 2006. By the end of July, Mars will be at a distance of approximately 350 million kilometres from earth, so we cannot expect the signals to be very strong!

The demonstration is expected to take place on the Saturday of the Colloquium - the exact time will depend upon scheduling and visibility constraints.

The International Space Colloquium takes place from Friday 28th until Sunday 30th July at the University of Surrey, Guildford and all Radio Amateurs and SWL’s are welcome to attend. The AMSAT-UK website has the latest draft programme and online booking form and maps

http://www.uk.amsat.org/Colloquium/

For further details contact Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
Email: g3wgm@amsat.org

AMSAT-UK produces a newsletter Oscar News packed full of Amateur Satellite information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat.org Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ Online Satellite Pass Predictions: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/

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