SA AMSAT to present at Space Congress

SA AMSAT will present a paper at the first Annual South African Space Congress to be held in Cape Town at the SA Astronomical Observatory on 7 and 8 October 2010.

The paper entitled 'Amateur Radio's significant contribution to satellite communication' will trace the many facets of Amateur Radio's involvement in space.

In brief, the story of Amateur Radio and satellites is, in a way, a repeat of when radio was first invented.
In the early 1900 Radio Amateurs pioneered the use of short waves for world-wide communication, in 1961 Radio Amateurs proved the value of low earth satellite orbits.

Against this background the paper will review the major contributions made by Amateur Radio to satellite communication and focus on some of the current projects both world-wide and in South Africa. The paper will also touch on other space related activities such as SETI and Radio Telescopes.

The paperwill be presented by Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, and will be available for download from www.amsatsa.org after the event.

Source: The South African Radio League

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