by Peter Goodhall | Oct 21, 2019 | Daily Updates
NASA highlight the role of amateur radio in letting young people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station: An ARISS contact takes place as a part of a comprehensive suite of education activities. To prepare for an exchange,...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 19, 2019 | Daily Updates
Brazilian radio amateurs participated in a Science Fair at Gonçalves Dias School, Boa Vista on October 16, 2019. Paulo PV8DX used basic concepts of physics and geography when explaining amateur radio to the students. As well as theory they there were also practicals...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 15, 2019 | Daily Updates
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 12-13, 2019, are being made available on YouTube. The first of the videos is the fascinating presentation on the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 11, 2019 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place this weekend in Milton Keynes and the talks will be streamed live to a global audience. The talks will start at 09:30 am BST (08:30 GMT) on Saturday, October 12, and can be viewed at https://batc.org.uk/live/amsat2019 For the talk...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2019 | Daily Updates
Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station on Wednesday/Thursday, October 9/10. This is the schedule for the planned activation of the MAI-75 SSTV activity from the...
by Peter Goodhall | Oct 6, 2019 | Daily Updates
The 20th General Assembly of IARU Region 2 in Lima Peru ended on Wednesday, October 3, 2019. Participating in the Assembly were a total of twenty member societies, fifteen of them present and the other five participating via proxy, as follows: Present: Canada, United...
