British Science Week – will you be taking part in an amateur radio activity?

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British Science Week – will you be taking part in an amateur radio activity?

British Science Week starts this Friday the 7th of March and gives radio amateurs the opportunity to share their passion and knowledge of the hobby to reach new audiences. Schools including Kingsmead School in Taunton and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Ormskirk have radio-related activities planned for students. Clubs including South Derbyshire and Ashby Woulds Amateur Radio Group will be involved with events that are open to the public.

A Men’s Sheds group in Crowthorne and Wokingham will be active as G8EYM and would appreciate skeds, especially with other Men’s Sheds – could you arrange one with them? In another fantastic development for this year, the RSGB Outreach team has partnered with the Radio Communications Foundation to provide FM radio receiver kits for 15 school, university, scout and youth groups to build.

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ARDC to Host Community Meeting

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Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) will host a Community Meeting 15th March 2025 starting at 17:00 UTC, 1:00M Eastern Time. The meeting will take place over Zoom.

Community meetings have become a tradition at ARDC. It’s a chance for us to keep you up to date on the things that we’re working on and the grants we’ve made, and it’s an opportunity for you to share your ideas and opinions.

Sign-up for the ARDC email newsletter to receive the Zoom link via email closer to the event.

ARDC - https://www.ardc.net/

Satellite SO-124 FM Repeater Now Active

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AMSAT has designated the recently launched HADES-R as Spain-OSCAR 124 (SO-124). The satellite features an FM repeater and is now open for amateur radio use. The upload frequency is 145.925 MHz and the downlink frequency is 436.885 MHz. SO-124 also supports APRS and FSK telemetry.

At the request of AMSAT-EA, AMSAT has officially designated HADES-R as Spain-OSCAR 124 (SO-124) in recognition of its contributions to amateur satellite communications. This designation underscores the satellite’s role in expanding access to space-based communications for the amateur radio community. AMSAT congratulates AMSAT-EA on this achievement and looks forward to the continued success of this and future projects.

SO-124 (HADES-R) - https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/so-124-hades-r/