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Sandringham students Amateur Radio project success

Posted: 04 Nov 2016 01:20 PM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/04/sand...radio-project/

Sandringham students used amateur radio to talk to Tim Peake GB1SS on the
ISS

The Watford Observer newspaper reports that Sandringham School students
amateur radio communication project gave them the opportunity to visit the
UK Parliament at Westminster.

The Observer says: Four students from a St Albans school showed off their
engineering prowess to politicians, policy makers and businesses in
Parliament.

The Year 9 and 11 students from Sandringham School, on The Ridgeway Sandy
Cairns, Polly Gupta M6POG, Stanley MacMurray and Emma Wilkinson M6GJQ were
invited to the event on Monday [Oct 31] after impressing judges with their
engineering project at the regional heats of The Big Bang UK Young
Scientists and Engineers Competition

Their amateur radio communication project saw them set up a radio to speak
with Tim Peake while he was aboard the International Space Station.

Rhian Kazwini, Head of Science at Sandringham School, said: “Entering the
competition has been great fun and given the team an idea of just how
interesting a career in engineering could be.

Read the full story at
http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sta...to_Parliament/

In January 2016 students at Sandringham School used amateur radio to talk
to UK astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station watch
the video at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/01/09/vide...e-sandringham/

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/

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RSGB Spectrum Forum Reports Released

Posted: 04 Nov 2016 09:07 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/11/04/rsgb...orts-released/


The reports from the RSGB Spectrum Forum meeting held October 29, 2016 have
been released. The VHF Spectrum Report highlights the 12 dB increase in
Noise Floor.

The report, produced by the RSGB VHF Manager John Regnault G4SWX, notes
that Ofcom have increased the noise floor criteria used to calculate
coverage areas for Low Band VHF from -104dBm to -92dBm. This recognises the
increase in human-generated noise in this part of the spectrum.

The increase in Noise Floor level means you now need 150 watts to achieve
the coverage once obtained with a 10 watt transmitter.

Read the VHF Spectrum Report at

http://rsgb.org/main/files/2016/11/5...rt_Oct2016.pdf

Read the AMSAT-UK report at

http://rsgb.org/main/files/2016/11/7...um_Oct2016.pdf

Read the other Spectrum Forum reports at

http://rsgb.org/main/blog/spectrum-f...-meeting-2016/