AMSAT-DL wants amateurs to look to the future. We're not only talking about June 27th, when the organisation will be hosting a workshop that builds on the experience of Qatar OSCAR 100. AMSAT-DL wants a workshop with ideas, perspectives and proposals for the upcoming ESA sponsored geostationary satellite which will carry an amateur radio payload.
At the time that OSCAR-100 was sent into space in 2018, the OSCAR number administrator Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA noted on the AMSAT-DL website that it would be [quote] "the guiding star for future amateur radio satellites and payloads in geostationary orbit and beyond." [endquote]
The time has come at Friedrichshafen next month to follow that star's light. AMSAT-DL will present two or three mission and payload concepts for open discussion, including a concept that builds on QO-100's success in new directions. An experimental concept will also be presented, offering digital signal processing and software-defined payload architectures. There is a possible third option to be presented which involves beacons and experiments in high-frequency ranges and would include new antenna concepts and space imaging.
The workshop's location in the Neue Messe will be announced as the date gets closer. Meanwhile, AMSAT-DL welcomes everyone with varying levels of experience - all that is required is an interest in amateur radio satellites and helping to shape their future.
The AMSAT-DL meeting will not be the only space-related activity at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen, as this year ASTRO, the astronomy trade fair, will take place alongside the Ham Radio exhibition.
