{"id":612433,"date":"2019-04-28T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=33070"},"modified":"2019-04-28T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:31:44","slug":"eshail-2-awards-at-rsgb-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=612433","title":{"rendered":"Es\u2019hail-2 awards at RSGB AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"AMSAT-DL<\/a><\/p>\n

AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow DB2OS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the RSGB AGM<\/a><\/strong> in Birmingham on Saturday, April 27, 2019 two awards were made in recognition of work related to the amateur radio transponders on the geostationary satellite Es’hail-2 \/ QO-100.<\/p>\n

The prestigious Louis Varney Cup for Advances in Space Communication was awarded to Peter G\u00fclzow DB2OS<\/a><\/strong> for his leadership of the team responsible for the Qatar-OSCAR-100 mission which is now in service.<\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Crump G8GKQ, Phil Crump M0DNY and Noel Matthews G8GTZ receive award from RSGB President Dave Wilson M0OBW – image credit RSGB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Fraser Shepherd Award for Research into Microwave Applications for Radio Communication was awarded to Dave Crump G8GKQ<\/a><\/strong>, Phil Crump M0DNY<\/a><\/strong>, Noel Matthews G8GTZ<\/strong><\/a> and Graham Shirville G3VZV<\/a><\/strong> for enabling access for all the amateur radio community to QO-100 by developing and installing a narrow band transponder WebSDR<\/a><\/strong>, and wide band transponder spectrum monitor.<\/p>\n

After the award presentation Dave, Phil and Noel gave a talk on Es’hail-2 \/ QO-100 covering a brief history of how the project came about, an overview of equipment required to operate QO-100 and an introduction and a demonstration of the WebSDR and spectrum monitor, which allow you to listen to stations on the narrow band segment using only a standard web browser.<\/p>\n

Graham Shirville G3VZV was unable to be present to collect the award as on that Saturday he had to attend the key IARU Region 1 VHF\/UHF\/uW (C5)<\/a><\/strong> meeting in Vienna.<\/p>\n

\"Graham<\/a><\/p>\n

Graham Shirville G3VZV 5th from right at the IARU Region 1 VHF\/UHF\/uW (C5) meeting in Vienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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