by Peter Goodhall | Jun 19, 2016 | Daily Updates
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UT Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2016 is June 25-26. In an effort to encourage more kids and their families to get involved in the hobby, the kids at Ham Radio (dot) World...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 17, 2016 | Daily Updates
Tony Bombardiere K2MO has released a video showing operation of PSK31, PSK63 and Hellshreiber on the amateur radio satellites. He demonstrates WinPSK and IZ8BLY’s Hellschreiber which both have satellite capabilities. Essentially, the applications make it easy...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 14, 2016 | Daily Updates
Broadcaster and technology journalist Rupert Goodwins G6HVY writes about amateur radio on the Technology and Gadget website ARS Technica. He highlights the STEM work carried out by the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. Rupert says: It’s...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
John Brier KG4AKV has released a video showing reception of the MAI-75 experiment Slow Scan TV transmissions from the International Space Station. This is one of two rare MAI-75 passes over North America. The other is in Video #3 in this series (see link below)....
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 13, 2016 | Daily Updates
The ten school contacts with Tim Peake on the ISS during his Principia mission have inspired thousands of young people and introduced them to amateur radio in a new and exciting way. A new RSGB video celebrates these historic events and the range of linked activities...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 11, 2016 | Daily Updates
The Planetary Society CubeSat LightSail-2 will transmit Morse code from space, and you can make the sound your ringtone Jason Davis @jasonrdavis reports that during last year’s LightSail-1 mission (call sign KK6HIT), dozens of radio enthusiasts around the world...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 11, 2016 | Daily Updates
The UKHAS Conference will be held at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, on Saturday, September 10, 2016. There will be an opportunity to take the amateur radio Foundation Practical Assessments and Exam. The conference attracts those interested in...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2016 | Daily Updates
ABC News reports chance encounters of the space kind give radio amateur Shane Lynd VK4KHZ a chance to help NASA. Experimenting with amateur radio equipment had led to a rare position as a NASA volunteer for a central Queensland man. Mackay man Shane Lynd was tinkering...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 7, 2016 | Daily Updates
In this special edition, the TX Factor team of Nick Bennett 2E0FGQ, Bob McCreadie G0FGX and Mike Marsh G1IAR, follow the progress of The King’s School GB1OSM, Ottery St Mary, Devon in their attempt to be one of the ten lucky UK schools to use amateur radio to...
by Peter Goodhall | Jun 4, 2016 | Daily Updates
ARISS-F and AMSAT-F have announced the 13 French schools that have been selected for amateur radio contacts with ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG. He is planned to launch to the International Space Station in November 2016. The 13 French schools selected represents...
