ICQ Podcast Digital Group Granted GB23C

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The ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast has been granted use of the callsign GB23C for use during our next digital talk group day Saturday 3rd June 2023.

The event will take place between 0800 UTC to 2000 UTC, and is a great opportunity to talk to ICQPodcast Presenters and fellow listeners.

To find out more about the ICQPodcast Digital Group, visit DigitalGroup.icqpodcast.com

Artemis 2 Astronauts Flying to the Moon Could Phone Home with Ham Radio

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Artemis 2 Astronauts Flying to the Moon Could Phone Home with Ham Radio

It's been 40 years since the first astronaut called an amateur radio operator on Earth. Now the moon is in the community's sights.

Most of the astronauts aboard the Artemis 2 mission, which will send a quartet of people around the moon in late 2024, are certified ham radio (amateur radio) operators. There's high hopes in the community that the astronauts may call home from deep space, the president of Radio Amateurs of Canada told Space.com.

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High-Altitude Balloon Launch

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Hi-impact, based on the Wirral, is planning another high-altitude balloon launch.

This one will feature on the team’s live-stream platform and be viewed by a number of schools across the UK and beyond.

The team is planning to launch two high-altitude balloons. One will be running with a HABDuino and the other with some help from AmbaSat, using LoRA. The HABDuino side will be running on the standard setup – 434.650MHz USB, 50 Baud RTTY, 450Hz Shift, 7N1 data format and with the callsign ‘hi-impact’.

If you’re planning to upload telemetry to SondeHub, you’ll need Dave Akerman’s HABBase software and Fldigi. The launch, from Cilcewydd in Wales, will be between 11 and 11.15am on Wednesday 3 May 2023.

Hi-impact’s - http://www.hi-impact.co.uk
Twitter - https://twitter.com/hiimpactconsult