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Invitation for students to take part in the GENSO project


Today a brand new call in which the the European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office lists opportunities for students and radio amateurs to join GENSO, was opened and released to the public through the ESA Education Office Website .

Two years after the project kick-off, following demonstrations of concept and basic developments, the GENSO teams now look forward to continuing with the advanced development. Considering that a majority of the developers are students, participating in the project during a limited amount of time while they attend university courses, this leads to an increased need of expanding the development teams in order to maintain efficiency and quality.

The call is open to students and amateur radio enthusiasts from any country, although preference will be given to students from the member countries of the ISEB Agencies, in particular if their participation is supported by their universities. Please visit the ESA Education Office Website - read more about the call, download associated documents and read the instructions for how to apply for one or several of the opportunities.
SOURCE: http://www.esa. int/esaED/SEMSOC5KXMF_ index_0.html

Deadline is 12 December 2008!


About Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations (GENSO)

GENSO is a project initiated under the auspices of the International Space Education Board (ISEB). This board consists of the Education Departments of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) , (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Aeronatics and Space Administration (NASA).

The project is managed by the Education Projects Division of ESA. It was kicked off on the 5th October 2006 when the previous assessment study was presented to ISEB and they accepted the implementation plan, which is now well under way.

A global set of development teams are working on the requirements for GENSO, and are currently being allocated work packages accordingly.

http://www.genso. org/
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Newsflash

The Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) in association with Islamabad Jeep Club (IJC) and Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) has started relief activities by providing food, tents and medical support to the northern flood effected areas of Nowshera, Charsadda and central Sargodha districts.

The Cellular services are down and so is the landline. (Why Ham Radio in Disaster Management)Last week, the joint team carried out survey in the north and the centre of the country and to its dismay the situation isn’t promising. Restoration of cellular services and Landlines could take months.

In order to address the communication breakage PARS in collaboration with Islamabad Jeep Club has constituted two teams. One would cater for the northern cities linking Islamabad with Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda. The other would link cities in the centre and would include, Sargodha, Lahore and Faisalabad and Multan.

PARS already has a 2-meter repeater in place and a weak signal whereof can be heard in these areas, but would need cross band repeaters to further increase its strength and allow penetration into the remote areas. This would result in effective communication through handhelds rather than reliance on base stations where there is an issue with electricity.

We would therefore request International and National Ham Community to provide us the following equipment, if possible.

   1. Cross band repeater radios (any brand)
       x 3  (144-430 MHz)
   2. Coaxial Cable 100 ft x3 with connectors
   3. Power supplies x 3
   4. Hi gain dual band antennas x 3
   5. Handhelds (any brand vhf 2meter) x 5

The equipment could be new or used but should in workable condition.

Please email directly ap2nk or ap2mks for further clarification and information.

CONTACT
Nasir Khan AP2NK (President, PARS)
Add: H# 30 , Street 28 , Shalimar F-6/1 Islamabad
Phone:+92 (0)300 5230052 or +92 (0)51 2273755
Email: ap2nk.nasir@gmail.com

Muhammad Khalid Shoaib AP2MKS
Phone:+92 (0)333 5106595
Email: khalid.shoaib@gmail.com
Skypee: Voyager303

Asadullah Marwat AP2AUM
Phone:+92 (0)300 8529852
Email: ap2aum@gmail.com

Pakistan Amateur Radio Society
http://www.pakhams.com/