Friedrichshafen Adds Online Platform

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Friedrichshafen Adds Online Platform

Messe Friedrichshafen, organizers of the HAM RADIO event, are continuing with plans for an in-person event to be held 25-27 June 2021, in additional the DARC is planning a state-of-the-art online conference event

The unfortunately still ongoing Covid-19 pandemic makes the planning of any in-person event exceedingly difficult. This also applies to the 45th HAM RADIO exhibition, where the German Amateur Radio Society (DARC) acts only as the event patron whilst the commercial responsibility and ultimate decision for holding the event is with the Friedrichshafen based exhibition organisation.

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IRTS Annual General Meeting - Online

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Due to the continuing and forecast Covid-9 pandemic restrictions, the 2021 IRTS Annual General Meeting will be held online on the Zoom platform on Saturday 24th April 2021 at 1100.

The annual committee report, financial report, committee nominations and formal notice of the AGM are included in the current spring edition of Echo Ireland which should be with all members shortly.

Also included will be details on how to arrange your attendance at the Annual General Meeting on Zoom.

ARISS Ham Station in Columbus Module Is Once Again Operational

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ARISS Ham Station in Columbus Module Is Once Again Operational

Some 6 weeks after going silent following a spacewalk that installed new antenna cabling, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) ham station in the Columbus module is once again operational. The Columbus station, which typically uses the call sign NA1SS, is the primary ARISS amateur radio station used for school contacts and other activities. A 27th January 2021 spacewalk replaced a coax feed line installed 11 years ago with another built by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus.

While the specific cause of the problem has not yet been determined, a 13th March 2021 spacewalk that restored the antenna cabling to its original configuration provided the cure. The plan to return the ARISS cabling to its original configuration had been a “contingency task” for a 5th March 2021 spacewalk, but the astronauts ran out of time. The ARISS work was appended to the to-do list for astronauts Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, and Victor Glover, KI5BKC, to complete a week later.

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