Live Demonstration of Reception of Mars RO

Live Demonstration of Reception of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter From: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2006/mro_reception_demo.htm

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, England 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

73 Trevor M5AKA
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