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Airfields on the Air 2026
RAFARS Event to activate current and former RAF bases over the first and second weekends in April
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#ISS #SSTV Series 31
Despite problems with the Service Module Radio which led to the untimely cancellation of Series 30 from the ISS, ARISS have determined that UHF 70cm operations remain viable despite not being able to diagnose, as far as we are aware, the cause of the problems on 2m. So, in a departure from the norm, Series 31 will be Robot 36 via UHF. Have fun but watch out for that Doppler Shift!
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Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems Competition
ESA is presenting a pilot programme on behalf of The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and is pleased to announce a new outreach initiative aimed at strengthening engagement with the European amateur satellite and academic communities.
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Update #ISS #SSTV Series 30
Numerous social media reports were quickly received after about 2 hours into Series 30 that SSTV Transmissions had stopped. ARISS have been investigating this for a couple of days and have been forced to scrub the activation period
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#ISS #SSTV Series 30
ARISS had to postpone the original plans for Series 30, which was originally intended to coincide with the Scouts JOTA/JOTI weekend due to EVA’s and other operational requirments on the ISS. New dates for this event have now been confirmed, read this post for more information.
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2025 On-line UK Amateur Radio Intermediate Course
There are a number of sources for Foundation training on-line but for the higher licence classes there is a much smaller selection of available courses. South Bristol ARC are able to offer an on-line classroom course for the Intermediate exam starting in mid November 2025. Contact us to register your interest.
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Virtual Foundation Course Success
SBARC ran another “virtual classroom” Foundation course during July and August 2025, the first results of the remote invigilated exams are in
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Ofcom to Authorise Satellite Connectivity for Standard Smartphones
On September 9 2025 Ofcom confirmed that it will move ahead with plans to make the UK the first country in Europe to enable standard smartphones to connect to satellites using mobile spectrum bands.
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Two Possible #SSTV Activity Periods From the #ISS are being Scheduled
The ARISS team plans two short SSTV activiations in October 2025, each running from Friday to Monday (unless extended).
Participants who receive and submit at least one SSTV image to the gallery can earn electronic award diplomas.
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VHF Field Day 2025 – Results Published
VHF Field Day 2025 took place over the weekend of 5/7 July 2025. The deadline for log submission was 14 July 2025 and the Contest Committee has since been analysing the logs. See how we got on.