TWIAR News Feed

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RSGB: Transatlantic commemoration successful

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:21 PM PST
http://bit.ly/2hI42es

Last week we mentioned the special event to commemorate the 95th
anniversary of the first transatlantic contact between Greenwich,
Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland on the 12 December.

The commemorative contact between Greenwich and Ardrossen took place at
1531UTC with US operator Dave Patton, NN1M and Scotland operator Jason
O’Neill, GM7VSB.

The original 1921 message was exchanged successfully.

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Eleven US Schools, Organizations Advance to Next Stage of ARISS Ham Contact
Selection

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:21 PM PST
http://bit.ly/2haSOyu

ARRL and AMSAT — the US managing partners of the Amateur Radio of the
International Space Station (ARISS) program — have announced that 11
schools or organizations submitting proposals have been selected to advance
to the next stage of planning to host scheduled Amateur Radio contacts with
ISS crew members next year. ARISS’s primary goal is to engage young people
in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities and raise
awareness of space exploration, radio communications, and related areas of
study and career possibilities.

ARISS anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling
opportunities for these US host organizations during the second half of
2017. The 11 candidate schools/organizations must now complete an
acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the
ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS
technical team, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled
as their availability and flexibility match up with NASA scheduling
opportunities.

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Blur drummer passes Advanced (UK)

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:16 PM PST
http://bit.ly/2hEonEu

Essex-born radio amateur Dave Rowntree 2E0DVR used the Bath-Based Advanced
Distance Learning (BBADL) training course to pass his Advanced exam and is
now M0IEG

David, who is drummer with the rock band Blur, earned his first amateur
radio Foundation licence M6DRQ in March 2012 and from there progressed to
Intermediate and now Advanced.

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Come January, ham operators to help trace people who go missing (India)

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 09:16 PM PST
http://bit.ly/2gUKEhC

People who may go missing at the annual Ganga Sagar Mela, set to begin next
month, will find an unlikely helping hand this year — the amateur radio
operators of West Bengal.
Members of West Bengal Radio Club (Amateur Club) — comprising individuals
from different ages, ranging from school students to social workers — are
set to help any missing pilgrims.