by Peter Goodhall | Nov 3, 2015 | Daily Updates
The ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) is taking place in Geneva from November 2-27. On Tuesday, November 3 at 1241 UT there was an amateur radio link-up between WRC-15 and two astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The contact took...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 31, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Wednesday, November 4 pupils at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Camden, London should have the opportunity to speak to an astronaut in space thanks to an Amateur Radio Telebridge link via Australia. The audio will be streamed via the web and Echolink. An...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
AMSAT-UK members are leading on the Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) Schools contacts programme for the upcoming Tim Peake Principia mission to the ISS. A number of high profile school contacts are planned to be carried out and this activity is being coordinated with...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
Students at Daggett Montessori School in Fort Worth used amateur radio to talk to astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS, aboard the International Space Station. Before the contact Cowtown Amateur Radio Club member Keith Pugh W5IU explained to the students how they are able...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 30, 2015 | Daily Updates
Details have been released by Ofcom of the UK positions for WRC-15 which takes place in Geneva, November 2-27, 2015. Ofcom’s statement references the document containing the European Common Proposals for agenda items for the next conference, WRC-19. One proposal...
