NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, KD5DXB; Victor Glover, KI5BKC; and Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG; as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP. The following news item is courtesy of the Amateur Radio Relay League: The SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience, carrying four Radio Amateurs, autonomously docked on November 17 at 0401 UTC with the […]
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RAC Canada 2020 Conference: Presentations now available for view
Canada 2020 Conference and AGM: Presentations now available on new RAC YouTube Channel Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to thank all presenters, participants and volunteers for organizing and attending the RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting. All presentations are now available for viewing on the new RAC YouTube Channel. Note: Unfortunately there was a problem […]
Preparations Continue for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union: The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) participated in the first online meeting of Project Team A (PTA) of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) CEPT Conference Preparatory Group. PTA has a mandate to prepare the CEPT brief on scientific and regulatory WRC-23 agenda […]
New video highlights ARISS contact with Airdrie Space Science Club Amateurs in the News: UK Daily Mail Picks up ARISS Story
New video | May 15 contact | Airdrie Space Science Club | Q&A A new @NASA video provides a different perspective from the typical Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program school contact. The @NASA Twitter feed shown above states: “Students Use Ham Radio to Call an Astronaut in Space. Canadian students participating […]
New ARISS-USA organization has been launched!
ARISS USA | ARISS Canada | ARISS Video | Upcoming Contacts ARISS-USA is now the US-based organization connecting students with astronauts in space. Towson, Maryland – June 4, 2020 In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non-profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. This move allows […]
ARISS contact with the Airdrie Space Science Club in Alberta: Friday, May 15 Second test of new Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio was a huge success!
Contact | News Release | Airdrie Space Science Club | Q&A YouTube video of ARISS contact with Airdrie Science Space Camp Update on today’s ARISS Contact: Friday, May 15, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program conducted its second test of its new distance-learning ARISS radio contacts with astronauts this morning. Youth […]
ARISS using new Multipoint Telebridge Amateur Radio Approach
ISS Space Contact: Northern Virginia School Group, Woodbridge, Virginia, April 30, 2020. Click on image for YouTube video. For immediate release: April 28, 2020 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announce the first use of a concept called Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio, allowing school contacts for Stay-At-Home students […]
ARISS celebrating successful launch carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS
March 9, 2020 – The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured attached to the International Space Station’s Harmony module as both spacecraft were soaring into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the American state of Nevada. Photo courtesy of NASA and SpaceX. The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: Amateur […]
Amateurs in the News: “96-year-old Amateur Radio operator at Ontario Science Centre speaks with astronaut” In celebration of Amateur Radio station VE30SC volunteer Jean Moffet, VE3WAD
For immediate release: A successful International Space Station (ISS) contact was held yesterday with participants at the Ontario Science Centre’s Amateur Radio station VE3OSC in Toronto, Ontario. As described below this was no ordinary ARISS contact. “Jean Moffet, VE3WAD, has been a volunteer at the VE3OSC station for more than 30 years. Having recently celebrated […]
CAMSAT Says CAS-6 Activation for Amateur Use has been Delayed
The following item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, has indicated that some problems with the precise attitude determination of the newly launched CAS-6 Amateur Radio satellite have delayed deployment of the antennas. The satellite was to have been put into service within three […]