Emergency call via GB3WR - M6MGE & G6ASK

May Day May Day !!

Chertsey Radio club contacted Mike to congratulate him on professional handling of the call / situation and let him know he did an amazing professional job. A credit to himself and the hobby.

Mike M6MGE unexpectedly had to handle a 999 (equiv 911) emergency call from John G6ASK via the repeater GB3WR 

The YouTube description reads: 

Wasn't expecting this, So got a little tongue tied!

UPDATE: Michaela (May) Has made a full recovery and continues to enjoy her holiday in Exmouth.

ISS cross band repeater active over UK 15:30 **We have contact**

Today we were lucky enough to send voice message via the International space station and talk to other ham radio operators around the world.

Signal was sent up on 437.050 and relayed back by the space station on 145.800


Happy to report I was able to work 2M0SQL, G0ABI, G7SVR (Isle of wight) and F4DXV

Audio from Peter 2M0SQL here

My audio linked below:

ISS repeater active over UK 13:57

Peter 2M0SQL recording here


My recording below

ISS FM repeater active over UK 12:17

ISS was 145.800 downlink and 437.050 uplink again today.



In the above you can clearly hear 2M0SQL Peter working his magic.



 

USA SOLAR ECLIPSE

Colin Butler from ICQ amateur ham radio podcast shares our ISS / satellite sucess

Link: https://www.icqpodcast.com/news/2017/8/17/iss-success-of-chertsey-radio-club 

Radio amateurs at the Chertsey Radio Club have received test transmissions by two satellites inside the International Space Station (ISS)

Early in  July 2017, the International Space Station sent greeting messages in Russian, English, Spanish and Chinese, which were picked up by club members.

The messages were sent during test transmissions from two small experimental Russian amateur radio satellites, known as Tanusha-1 and Tanusha-2. They will be deployed from the ISS during a spacewalk in August.

As part of the celebrations for the 20th Anniversary of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the ISS sent a set of 12 images using slow scan television (SSTV). The transmissions took place over four days from July 20.

Chertsey Radio Club was able to receive the signal and convert them into images using a Raspberry Pi 3.

Media Story - http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-radio-enthusiasts-make-contact-13396651

Chertsey Radio Club ISS SSTV on Raspberry Pi - http://chertseyradioclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/iss-sstv-decoded-on-raspberry-pi3.html

Articles published and shared by AMSAT-UK

Press reports ISS success of Chertsey Radio Club
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/07/28/press-iss-chertsey-radio-club/ 
The Surrey press report radio amateurs at the Chertsey Radio Club received test transmissions by two satellites inside the International Space Station (ISS). The club also received ISS Slow Scan Television images.
Read the article at
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-radio-enthusiasts-make-contact-13396651

M0JFP's Recording of satellites Tanusha 1 and Tanusha 2 being tested inside the International space station and relayed via the 145.800 onboard radio.
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/06/30/russian-tanusha-1-and-2-satellites/ 

Join the build-a-thon (2/70 diplexer kit and homebrew satellite antenna)
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/06/16/join-virtual-buildathon-and-build-satellite-antenna

M0JFP's LilacSat 1 and 2 Raspberry pi(3) experimental decoder image and M6SIG live CD install and usage instructions
https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/communications/lilacsat-1
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/05/19/lilacsat-1-cubesat-iss 

March edition of AMSAT magazine OSCAR news
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/03/31/spring-2017-oscar-news

Celebrating YOTA 2016 with the 6th Staines Scouts, cubs and Beavers (GB16YOTA)

Beginners Guide to Satellite operating
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/03/30/beginners-guides-to-satellite-operating/

ISS SSTV on Baofeng Hand Held
and...
QSSTV on the Raspberry Pi
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/08/15/iss-sstv-on-baofeng-ht/

How to work FM Satellites
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-fm-satellites/

Beginners (guide to satellite)
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/