ARISS asks Educators for Proposals for ISS Contact Opportunity

October 13, 2024ARISS is requesting US educators to submit proposals for upcoming amateur radio contact opportunities with the International Space Station.

[ARISS] Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.

Proposals are open until November 17th. An ARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, October 16 at 7 PM ET. Sign up for the Zoom session here.

Source: ARISS open_in_new

RSGB Convention and AMSAT-UK Colloquium Livestream

October 12, 2024The RSGB Convention taking place this weekend has a livestream of presentations and interviews available through Sunday. In addition, AMSAT-UK is also streaming their event taking place as part of the RSGB Convention.

Sunday topics include:

• QRP: Fun of Folly?
• Receiving Live TV from the ISS
• 3D Printing for Amateur Radio
• WebSDR for 24GHz
• Digital Radio: A beginner’s Guide
• More (PDF)

Source: RSGB, AMSAT-UK open_in_new