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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 15d

Saturday's contact with 1st Radford Semele Scout Group in the UK will attempt to capture a live HamTV transmissions from the ISS.

Check the graphic for more info and visit the BATC forum or ARISS Discord for more HamTV discussion.
forum.batc.org.uk/viewforum.ph...
discord.gg/JrmXw58U8T

The image announces an upcoming HamTV test contact on Saturday, 18-October at 09:49 UTC (5:49 AM ET) between the 1st Radford Semele Scout Group in Radford Semele, UK, and the ISS. The space and ground teams will attempt to use the recently reinstalled HamTV device. If successful, this will be a step in recommissioning the HamTV system, repaired after a 2018 failure. Watch at https://live.ariss.org/hamtv/, with HamTV's DATV frequency at 2395 MHz. The image shows Jonny Kim making a 2025 school contact via the ARISS Columbus Module radio.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Sep 13

The team are very tight-lipped on the schedule (as it's not in their control.)
We can only watch @arissintl.bsky.social for updates.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yes that is the current expected output.
There's a testcard generator which the ARISS team are currently pushing through final approvals before it gets plugged in. (Which also functions as a HDMI->NTSC converter to allow use of the new cameras on the station.)

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AMSAT-DL @amsat-dl.org · Sep 6

💥Greater (partial) success for #amateurradio and #amsat satellite operators in dispute with AST Spacemobile over commercial use of the 430-440 MHz amateur radio band for TT&C! 💥 In its reference Attachment to the recent grant, dated August 29, 2025, the FCC imposes clear limits ⬇️

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Aug 26

ARISS is looking for hams worldwide who are interested in establishing HamTV ground stations.
An organizational meeting will be held this Thursday at 19:00 UTC (3 PM ET) to discuss.
Respond to the email address in the graphic (and image alt text) to request the meeting invite.

Interested in getting involved as a ARISS HamTV Ground Station?

Ciaran, M0XTD (an ARISS International Operations Scheduling Coordinator) is calling a meeting of interested parties who can establish, or are wanting to establish, a HamTV Ground Station in their geographical area.

Meeting scheduled for Thursday August 28th at 1900UTC via Zoom. If you are interested in joining the meeting, please send an email to hamtvops@ariss-i.org with your details (name, callsign, id on Discord, location and status of any ground station you may have) and Ciaran will forward details of the meeting to you.

Teams are continuing to
work to schedule an
end-to-end video test
originating from the ISS.

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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · Aug 22

No, UK Government is not scrapping its space programmes.

There’s been some confusion and bungled communications over the musical chairs in civil space policy and the UK Space Agency this week. It all matters less than the chronic lack of focus and leadership from UK Government for 15 years. 👇👇👇

The UK Space Agency has been absorbed into the science department. The potential effects are still unclear

The agency has been the subject of some criticism and some aspects of the new arrangement could be positive.

theconversation.com

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Aug 18

Reminder of the HamTV outage THIS week.

ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Aug 10

HamTV testers, the transmissions will go off-line for the first part of the upcoming week. See the graphic for timing.

No timing for a full video test yet, you know we'll share as soon as we know.

The image is a notice about a planned outage for HamTV, which will go off-line to support other payload operations on the International Space Station this week. The expected outage schedule is:Power Off: Monday, 18-August, 14:15 UTC (10:15 AM ET)
Power On: Wednesday, 20-August, 12:35 UTC (8:35 AM ET)

The image also includes a 2015 NASA photo of Samantha Cristoforetti (IZ0UDF) with the ARISS HamTV Transmitter on the ISS.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Aug 15

That's a decent MER!
ARISS will announce on socials as soon as the testcard generator is scheduled for install. We *may* see some camera use when that happens..

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C3VOC releases @media.ccc.de · Aug 10

What's that CubeSat Satellite stuff anyhow? has been released on media.ccc.de and YouTube #why2025 #Thesquarehole #Brachium #why2025eng https://media.ccc.de/v/why2025-94-what-s-that-cubesat-satellite-stuff-anyhow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTR3y1KdkG0

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Aug 10

HamTV testers, the transmissions will go off-line for the first part of the upcoming week. See the graphic for timing.

No timing for a full video test yet, you know we'll share as soon as we know.

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Aug 4

Let's start the week with some HamTV updates - we compiled the FAQ in the graphic with our experts.
If you'd like to get involved in the HamTV discussion, join the ARISS Discord. Link below.

When will HamTV start transmitting video?
We expect to schedule a end-to-end video test after Crew 11 gets settled aboard the ISS.

When will HamTV start to be used for educational contacts?
That will be dependent on the testing mentioned above.

Can an SDR device be used?
The software used with SDR devices has developed significantly since the first use of HamTV in 2014. We look forward to hams experimenting with this and seeing the results.

Will HamTV output video that can be decoded with the Icom IC-905?
No, the IC-905 does not currently support decoding digital video.

The BATC site talks about receivers not available in my part of the world. Are there alternative parts lists?
As we get more
information on devices,
we’ll work with the BATC
and our other teams
to publish more info.

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Jul 29

HamTV Acquisition of Signal (AOS) reports!

Thanks to several European hams for confirming the HamTV carrier transmissions earlier today.
Several North American passes upcoming, so we'll watch for those reports too.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jul 29

Great result - what size antenna?

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ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Scheduling update: Work on the station will occur later in the day Tuesday. Now planned from 14:05
to 16:05 UTC (10:05 AM to 12:05 PM ET).

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derekkozel.com @derekkozel.com · Jul 26

GNU Radio is looking for a contractor to either port the existing Qt based GNU Radio Companion application to the web (running proof of concept exists), or to develop a new frontend capable of creating flowgraphs, executing the resulting program, and displaying the UI in the web.

Could that be you?

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jul 26

Another new set of receivers at the Goonhilly WebSDR site - this time for the motus.org Wildlife tracking project.
A set of four (N,S,E,W) UHF yagis with RTL-SDRs on a Raspberry Pi will allow them to detect any tagged species migrating across the Lizard peninsula.
Project info: youtu.be/3PudxFM_i_g

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jul 25

We're feeling that sun today from here 271M km away as Goonhilly-6 provides TT&C from the ever-blue skies of Cornwall, UK!

Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jul 25

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Jul 25

How does our #SolarOrbiter venture so close to the Sun without its cameras melting? 🫠

It’s all about smart engineering. Discover how Solar Orbiter faces the searing sunlight of the Sun here 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭

ESA's Solar Orbiter at IABG in Ottobrunn, Germany, before it started its journey to Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.

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Electromagnetic Field @emfcamp.bsky.social · Jul 20

We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.

Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jul 7

It's always fun to use the large dishes for some less serious work, such as out-of-this-world birthday messages!
www.intuitivemachines.com/post/ringo-s...

Ringo Starr sends birthday "Peace and Love" message to the Moon and Back with intuitive machines & goonhilly earth station ltd.

On July 7, 2025, Ringo Starr turned 85. This year, in collaboration with Intuitive Machines, his message of “peace and love” traveled to the Moon and back—transmitted through the same ground infrastru...

www.intuitivemachines.com

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Dr Chris Bridges @chrisbridges.bsky.social · Jul 1

Huh? #FPGA plus #lasers?! A fancy #job indeed!
www.linkedin.com/posts/drchri...

We're hiring in FPGA / VHDL for lasers! | Chris Bridges

We're hiring in FPGA / VHDL for lasers! Please share to your recently graduating students! https://lnkd.in/e_mNg4bB

www.linkedin.com

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Arrigo Triulzi @cynicalsecurity.bsky.social · Jun 19

UPDATE: the complete report, in English, is out¹.

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¹ archive.today/2kJ4i

Arrigo Triulzi @cynicalsecurity.bsky.social · Jun 19

For those interested in complex systems and their failures, the summary of the report on the Spanish blackout is out (in Spanish)¹.

If you are into InfoSec it is like reading an incident report: the classic descent into the abyss.

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¹ mcusercontent.com/2702b812ce1f...

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jun 8

Questions about related but useless trivia can level the field sometimes.

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Phil Crump @philcrump.bsky.social · Jun 4

Watching the EI1ISS ARISS contact on live.ariss.org , and listening on M0XGH AMSAT station at Goonhilly - great copy in Cornwall!

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AstroMeganne @astromeganne.bsky.social · May 31

Fascinating visit to @goonhilly.org
Thanks for all the work you do to keep us in contact with our satellites, deep space missions, and each other.
#Cornwall

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