Amateur Radio in ITV1 Pride of Britain TV Program
Amateur Radio in ITV1 Pride of Britain TV Program
On Tuesday 7th November ITV1 showed the Pride of Britain Awards in which the Teacher of the Year award was given to Head Teacher, Linda Davies who has made going to school an out-of-this world experience for pupils at Wiltshire's Neston Primary School.
They were the first school in Britain to speak to an astronaut in space using Amateur Radio during a ten-minute question and answer session from their moonbase-themed classroom.
Head Teacher Linda Davies was awarded for her work in promoting Science at Neston Primary School in which Amateur Radio played a vital role.
The Amateur Radio contact with the International Space Station (ISS) helped inspire the young people at the school to take an interest in science. ARISS and members of AMSAT-UK arranged the contact. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) provided the GB4FUN radio communications van.
The Radio Amateurs that took part in the ISS contact were Charles Riley G4JQX (on the mic), Howard Long G6LVB and Carlos Eavis G0AKI who manages the RSGB GB4FUN van. Of these only Charles G4JQX actually appeared in the video clip shown in the programme.
For those that missed the programme the video can be seen at http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/NestonPOB.mpg (41.6Mb) http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/NestonPOBLo.mpg (12.7Mb)
Additional information on the Neston ISS contact can be found at
AMSAT-UK - ARISS - Contact with Neston School http://www.uk.amsat.org:8080/ariss/Recent_QSOs/Neston/default.php
AMSAT-UK - ARISS - Neston School Audio, Video and Press Cuttings http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/index.htm
Information on how a contact with the Astronauts on the ISS can be arranged for your school, college or university can be found at http://www.uk.amsat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15...
RSGB GB4FUN Radio Communications Van http://www.gb4fun.org/
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS-EU) http://www.ariss-eu.org/
AMSAT-UK produces a newsletter Oscar News packed full of Amateur Satellite information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat.org Web: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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Dear friends,
On behalf of ARISS-Europe, I extend my congratulations to Linda Davies, Head Teacher of Neston primary school (UK) for winning the Pride of Britain Award.
I also congratulate Charles Riley G4JQX who organized the ARISS School Contact.
My thanks to ARISS mentors Howard Long G6LVB and Carlos Eavis G0AKI, who offered their most valuable assistance.
Success stories like the Neston Space Talk surely contribute to enhance the positive public image of amateur radio.
73 Gaston Bertels ON4WF ARISS-Europe chairman
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15 09/11/2006, Trevor wrote:
Amateur Radio in ITV1 Pride of Britain TV Program
On Tuesday 7th November ITV1 showed the Pride of Britain Awards in which the Teacher of the Year award was given to Head Teacher, Linda Davies who has made going to school an out-of-this world experience for pupils at Wiltshire's Neston Primary School.
They were the first school in Britain to speak to an astronaut in space using Amateur Radio during a ten-minute question and answer session from their moonbase-themed classroom.
Head Teacher Linda Davies was awarded for her work in promoting Science at Neston Primary School in which Amateur Radio played a vital role.
The Amateur Radio contact with the International Space Station (ISS) helped inspire the young people at the school to take an interest in science. ARISS and members of AMSAT-UK arranged the contact. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) provided the GB4FUN radio communications van.
The Radio Amateurs that took part in the ISS contact were Charles Riley G4JQX (on the mic), Howard Long G6LVB and Carlos Eavis G0AKI who manages the RSGB GB4FUN van. Of these only Charles G4JQX actually appeared in the video clip shown in the programme.
For those that missed the programme the video can be seen at http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/NestonPOB.mpg (41.6Mb) http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/NestonPOBLo.mpg (12.7Mb)
Additional information on the Neston ISS contact can be found at
AMSAT-UK - ARISS - Contact with Neston School http://www.uk.amsat.org:8080/ariss/Recent_QSOs/Neston/default.php
AMSAT-UK - ARISS - Neston School Audio, Video and Press Cuttings http://www.g6lvb.com/Neston/index.htm
Information on how a contact with the Astronauts on the ISS can be arranged for your school, college or university can be found at http://www.uk.amsat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15...
RSGB GB4FUN Radio Communications Van http://www.gb4fun.org/
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS-EU) http://www.ariss-eu.org/
AMSAT-UK produces a newsletter Oscar News packed full of Amateur Satellite information. For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959 Email: g3wgm@amsat.org Web: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your news items to: editor at southgatearc.org
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