dxers guide: May 2015

Posting on behalf of Director-Educational Relations,AMSAT INDIA- Mani, VU2WMY

To commemorate 150th Year of 'International Telecommunication Union' ITU], AMSAT-INDIA is conducting a workshop on 'Space Communication-Practical Insights' at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering.

Date: 16-05-2015 [Saturday]
Time: 08:45 to 13:00 hrs
Venue: Shri Prem Chand Sagar Auditorium, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore
Entry: Free

All are welcome and all the participants attended would be provided with a 'Participation Certificate'.

Synopsis:
This workshop is made up of lectures and practical demos. The primary objective of the workshop is to acquaint the student fraternity with easy and simple means to get on to Space communication domain, practically. There is a big misconception that Space communication is practically very complex, challenging and expensive engineering. There is also an impression that the activities like real time tracking of satellites, receiving telemetry, pay-load data, transmitting tele-command signals and usage of transponder with uplink and down link signals are the sole proprietary domain and entity of space agencies only and possibly perceived impossible by others.

This workshop is aimed to disprove the above perceptions wrong and to prove that it is possible and practicable even by an ordinary individual with limited technical knowledge and infrastructure. The workshop modules have been very carefully devised with important basics and fundamentals in a very simple and easy way to follow, thereby to provide the student fraternity fairly a good amount of exposure and insight to practically approach the Space Communication areas. Good care has been taken to cover all the important aspects related to Space communication like satellites, applications, types of orbits, necessity of real time tracking, various types of tracking aids, types of pay-loads, receive and transmit requirements and capabilities, various types of antennas, related hardware & accessories, software, wireless regulations, operating skills, etc.

73
Nitin [VU3TYG]
Secretary, AMSAT INDIA

International Telegraph Convention day

*17 May 2015 marks the anniversary of the signing of the first
International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International
Telecommunication Union. This year, 2015, marks the 150th anniversary of
the International Telecommunication Union <http://itu150.org/>. *

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The purpose of *World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
(WTISD)*is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the
Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can
bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital
divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first
International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International
Telecommunication Union.

ember States and Sector Members are invited to celebrate the day annually
by organizing appropriate national programmes with a view to:

- stimulating reflection and exchanges of ideas on the theme;

- debating the various aspects of the theme with all partners in society;

- formulating a report reflecting national discussions on the issues
underlying the theme, to be fed back to ITU and the rest of its membership.

Description of the activity: On the occasion of World Telecommunication
and Information Society Day

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication(BNNRC) will join
National Rally, Road car Show and Seminar organised by Bangladesh
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(BTRC) at national Level. Produce
Magazine program about the day and broadcast all over the country through
15 Community Radio station with support from Free Press Unlimited.

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