{"id":50170,"date":"2026-09-07T14:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=50170"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:26:10","slug":"wsw-how-can-i-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/world-space-week\/wsw-how-can-i-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"WSW &#8211; how can I get involved?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50171 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-1024x305.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-1536x457.png 1536w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2026\/09\/World-Space-Week-United-Kingdom-03-2048x609.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Activity ideas<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-center\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Get involved with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">World Space Week by hosting one of these activities:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Introductory talk:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> satellites, orbits and OSCAR missions<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Live demonstration:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> track an LEO satellite pass and explain Doppler and antenna pointing<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">On-air activity:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> demonstrate a satellite contact, QO-100, HamTV\/DATV or ISS signals<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">ISS SSTV:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> between 3\u20136 October, receive transmissions on 145.800 MHz, PD120 mode, and try to collect all six images<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Future focus:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> CubeSats, reusable launchers, SDR, automated tracking and future amateur payloads<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>We have three set of slides to help you run a talk on a range of space-related topics. You could use them at a club night, or deliver a presentation to a local group.<\/h4>\n<h4>All slides in these presentations are copyright of the RSGB 2026 and Patrick Wood, 2E0IFB.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/\/public\/events\/WSW2026_%20presentation_Space_Orbits.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Space Week 2026 &#8211; RSGB presentation on space orbits<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/\/public\/events\/WSW2026_presentation_OSCAR_sats_typically_used.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Space Week 2026 &#8211; RSGB presentation on OSCAR satellites\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/\/public\/events\/WSW2026_presentation_Space_UK_History_and_Space_Environment.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Space Week 2026 &#8211; RSGB presentation on UK space history and space environment<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Watch\u00a0Patrick&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zt44KJQkLmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tonight@8 webinar<\/strong><\/a> on amateur radio satellite communication.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Ready to get involved?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Register your event on the World Space Week Global Calendar via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldspaceweek.org\/events\/\">worldspaceweek.org\/events<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Let the RSGB know you are taking part &#8211; email Patrick Wood, 2E0IFB (RSGB Board Director and Board Liaison for ARISS) via <strong>2e0ifb@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>After the event, log into your event listing and update it with how many people were involved. Share your results with Patrick<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity ideas Get involved with\u00a0World Space Week by hosting one of these activities: Introductory talk: satellites, orbits and OSCAR missions Live demonstration: track an LEO satellite pass and explain Doppler and antenna pointing On-air activity: demonstrate a satellite contact, QO-100, HamTV\/DATV or ISS signals ISS SSTV: between 3\u20136 October, receive transmissions on 145.800 MHz, PD120 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"parent":50140,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50170"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50420,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50170\/revisions\/50420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}