The idea of an ordinary person sitting at home and talking to someone in space might seem crazy. But devotees of ham radio, as such amateur communication traditionally is called, have been doing it for decades, ever since NASA astronauts began taking compatible transmitter-receivers with them on space shuttle flights Read More …
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Moderate (G2) Geomagnetic Storm In Progress, G2 Warning Extended
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) reports a moderate (G2) level geomagnetic storm is in progress. The G2 threshold was reached on March 27 at 1948 UTC. SWPC forecasters have extended the G2 Geomagnetic Storm Warning until March 28 at 0300 UTC, as coronal hole high-speed stream effects continue to Read More …
Space Station Crew Uses HAM Radio to Call Earth
ARISS contact planned for school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
On Friday, January 8, 2016 at approximately 08:47 UTC, an ARISS contact is planned for Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Amateur radio station GB1SAN, will operate the contact. The ARISS HAM radio station GB1SS on the board of the International Space Station will be operated by Timothy Peake Read More …