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Primary school students tune in to Tim Peake

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 07:22 AM PST
http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/02/prima...-to-tim-peake/

St Mildred’s Primary Infant school students listen to Tim Peake using
amateur radio

The amazing interest in Tim Peake’s mission on the International Space
Station (ISS) is keeping the Hilderstone Amateur Radio and Electronics Club
busy with enquiries from schools.

The pupils of Monkton C of E Primary school were thrilled to receive a
message from space when they picked up the signal from a passing amateur
radio satellite. They calculated the orbital period from the variations in
the satellite’s temperature as it passed from sunlight into the Earth’s
shadow, taking 97 minutes to orbit compared to Tim’s 93 minutes. They
learned how Isaac Newton explained the orbit of objects around the Earth
nearly 300 years before Sputnik was launched!

The year 2 pupils of St Mildred’s Primary Infant school were very excited
to hear Tim’s voice live when he answered the pupils’ questions from
Sandringham school. They were using 3 handheld amateur radio receivers
provided by the club and heard Tim’s reply to the question about the
mission being named after Newton’s book Principia.

If you would like to learn about amateur radio and electronics you will be
made most welcome at the club. Alternatively you can send them an email to
hilderstoneclubatgmail.com or visit the club website.

Hilderstone Amateur Radio and Electronics Club

http://g0hrs.org/

https://twitter.com/G0HRS

What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/

A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby
that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started, see

http://rsgb.org/main/get-started-in-...ateur-radio-2/