Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes, October 14-15, are being made available on YouTube.
The first of the videos is ‘An introduction to Amateur satellites’ by David Johnson G4DPZ and Carlos Eavis G3VHF.
The PDF of the slides is here.
Other presentations are expected to be uploaded in the coming days.
PDF Slides of ‘An introduction to Amateur satellites’
https://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/beginners-guide-to-amateur-satellites-by-dave-johnson-g4dpz.pdf
AMSAT-UK videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos
Our thanks to the British Amateur Television Club and Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG for their work in recording, editing and uploading these videos.
Source:AMSAT-UK
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