by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
Steve Nichols G0KYA got some good publicity for amateur radio by letting his local media outlets know he had received a signal from Tim Peake on the ISS. He was lucky enough to hear astronaut Tim Peake’s ISS contact with another UK school on Thursday, February...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
This is the 77 minute video of the ARISS contact between Tim Peake GB1SS and the Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth GB1RMS. The video starts with the students of Cadogan House, the prep school for girls aged 4 to 11 at the Royal Masonic School for Girls...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
Christian Jacobs 2E0ICL and other members of the Southampton University Wireless Society (SUWS) listened to the Tim Peake GB1SS amateur radio contact on February 11, 2016 with the Royal Masonic School for Girls GB1RMS. The ISS downlink was on 145.800 MHz (+/- 3.5 kHz...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
The second live amateur radio call to a British school with Tim Peake GB1SS took place Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Royal Masonic School (RMS) for Girls GB1RMS in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Contact was made with the International Space Station (ISS) at around...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 12, 2016 | Daily Updates
In a Tweet sent February 11 the UK Space Agency noted that the HamTV Digital Amateur Television (DATV) transmission by Tim Peake GB1SS from the ISS was a “World First”. On Thursday, February 11, 2016, at approximately 18:09 UT, an ARISS contact took place...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 8, 2016 | Daily Updates
After an initial postponement ChubuSat-2, ChubuSat-3 and Horyu-4 were launched into a 575 km, 31 degree inclination orbit at 08:45 UT on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Yasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA provides the following information on ChubuSat-2/3: Nagoya University(NU)...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 7, 2016 | Daily Updates
On Thursday, February 11, 2016, at approximately 18:09 UT, an ARISS contact is planned for the Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth,, United Kingdom. The contact between Tim Peake GB1SS and GB1RMS will be receivable in the British Isles and Europe on 145.800...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 3, 2016 | Daily Updates
After the original competition to find schools that could demonstrate a commitment to Space, STEM and outreach was launched by ARISS in the UK and the UK Space Agency, we announced that ten schools had been shortlisted but that not all of those school would have an...
by Peter Goodhall | Feb 2, 2016 | Daily Updates
The amazing interest in Tim Peake’s mission on the International Space Station (ISS) is keeping the Hilderstone Amateur Radio and Electronics Club busy with enquiries from schools. The pupils of Monkton C of E Primary school were thrilled to receive a message from...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 30, 2016 | Daily Updates
Dr Helen Reed KD7GPX is interviewed in a NASA story about the AggieSat4 and Bevo-2 satellites which were deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on January 29, 2016. Students from Texas A&M University and The University of Texas came together for the...
