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  • [AMSAT-UK] UK school to contact the ISS using amateur radio

    From AMSAT-UK via rec.radio.info Admin@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 4 19:58:33 2021
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    AMSAT-UK

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    UK school to contact the ISS using amateur radio

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 11:50 AM PDT https://amsat-uk.org/2021/10/04/uk-school-to-contact-the-iss-using-amateur-radio/

    International Space Station Image Credit NASA

    At 11:12:33 GMT on Tuesday, October 12, students at Newburys Mary Hare
    School for deaf children will be using amateur radio to talk to astronaut
    Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP aboard the International Space Station (ISS).



    Mark will be using the ISS callsign NA1SS and Mary Hare School GB4MHN. The contact should be receiveable across the UK and Europe on a frequency of 145.800 MHz FM.

    Watch the Thats TV Solent interview with Alex Ayling from Mary Hare School

    https://twitter.com/TTVSolent/status/1440952287883632641

    Deaf pupils to talk to astronaut on the International Space Station in a
    world first

    http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2021/september/deaf-pupils-to-talk-to-astronauts.htm

    Reading Chronicle newspaper report on the planned contact

    https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/19582950.deaf-newbury-pupils-talk-astronauts-iss-space-station/

    The latest information on the ARISS operation mode can be found at

    https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

    What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

    Free UK amateur radio Online Training course https://essexham.co.uk/train/foundation-online/

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