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BBC Report on historic ISS contact
A full report on the day’s events at Sandringham School in St Albans, including video footage, is now available on the BBC website. Pupils make radio call to Tim Peake
Tim Peake School Contact
A live web stream from Sandringham School, St Albans starts at 0800 GMT today (Friday) morning on the ARISS website. https://principia.ariss.org/live/
RSGB Board seeks new General Manager
Graham Coomber, G0NBI, announced his retirement as General Manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) on 4 January 2016. Graham took on the role in 2012 at a time when the RSGB was emerging from a difficult period in its history and he has helped to steer the Society into a strong position. […]
Contest Committee Changes
As part of the implementation of the recommendations of the President’s Review of Contesting, the Board has agreed to split the Contest Committee into three Committees with effect from 1st January 2016. This develops the concept put forward in the Review of having spectrum representatives within the committee, and will improve accountability and communications The […]
Students to speak to spaceman Peake
Students at Sandringham School, St Albans are expected to speak to Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station some time during the period of 5 to 10 January, using the special event call sign GB1SAN. This is the first of several planned schools contacts in the coming weeks. Three of the students have been trained […]
News of 5MHz in Spain
At the end of November, the existing Spanish 5MHz permission came to a close. Following the result of the WRC-15 decision on 5MHz, the Spanish administrator has now permitted access to the new allocation from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with 15W maximum EIRP and 3kHz maximum bandwidth, using SSB and CW modes. The permission runs until […]
