
Articles by Andy (G7KNA)


20 Years of ESA on the ISS
On 21 April 2001, ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni first set foot, or hand, on the International Space Station, making him the first European to visit and work the orbiting outpost. Since then, the Space Station has grown immensely, as have the number of Europeans to have worked in it, together with the science experiments performed in orbit. […]

Friendship on the air Award
The Friendship on the Air Award is designed to celebrate the friendship of amateur radio over the airwaves. The main purpose is to contact other people in a friendly and non-competitive way, connecting with them rather than simply making a quick QSO and moving on. […]

DAY of the YL’s Contest Event
Carine Dubois F5ISY developed this YL contest but never got to see it to the end. So it is in this respect that a group of YL’s have vowed to continue to make this happen, twice a year, in her memory. […]

Greg has a new Callsign
We’re a bit behind on our News Postings, so this is some good news […]

RSGB Releases “Useful Practical Skills” Videos
The RSGB have produced a range of videos demonstrating simple practical tasks that can be accomplished by any one old or new to the hobby […]

THird THursday Zoom Meeting 18 March 2021
A very relevant and interesting talk by Professor Chris Budd who is an acknowledged expert in this field, open to anyone to join us […]

Results of ISS SSTV Activity 28/01/2021 – 29/01/2021
It was only a very small ISS Activity period with a small number of passes but we did get a few images directly received as the ISS passed over the South West of England, this page shows what some of us received. […]

Planned ISS SSTV Activity 28/01/2021 – 29/01/2021
There are expectations that the Moscow Aviation Institute will be broadcasting a short SSTV activity period which should be heard in Europe […]

Results of ISS SSTV Activity 24/12/2020 – 31/12/2020
Some of our members were up and about in the early hours of the morning and received and decoded SSTV images broadcast from the ISS between 24 December 2020 and 31 December 2020 […]