G4WAW: South Bristol ARC

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.

Oooh! More #ISS #HamRadio excitement

Much more specialised than the recent #SSTV activity there will be some people with the capability to receive the test signals and report so if you can please do

We think at least one of our members has a certificate but they're keeping it under their hat having made their last Bluesky post on the subject of the Series 28 #SSTV event from the #ISS

For anyone else who took part and uploaded to the @arissintl.bsky.social gallery; final call for certificates

This includes any of our members who participated

The image provides an update on the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) radio status as of July 21, 2025. - **Columbus Module Radio**: Configured as a crossband voice repeater with a downlink of 437.800 MHz and an uplink of 145.990 MHz (PL 67 Hz). - **Service Module Radio**: Configured for simplex packet operations (APRS) with an up and downlink frequency of 145.825 MHz. - **Casual Crew Activity**: Unscheduled amateur radio contacts may occur, and listeners can expect to hear the crew on the crossband voice repeater. The image also includes a NASA photo of astronaut Randy Bresnik mounting one of the ARISS ham radio antennas during STS-129 in 2009.

With the SSTV event finishing yesterday, the ARISS radios are back to "norminal" operation. Enjoy!

It is worth reading fully

At least one of our members is still chasing images despite being on vacation

See posts by @g7kna.co.uk

Given that this authored or edited by the ARRL Handbook editor, it is probably going to have a USA bias. But it'll probably translate well enough to be of interest

We can confirm that at least one of our members has received #SSTV images from the #ISS this evening (Monday 14 July 2025) in IO81OK

Looking forward to more reception this week

Thank you @arissintl.bsky.social

#STEM #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR #SpaceRadio #ISS #SSTV

Let's see how other members might fare...

#STEM #SpaceRadio #ISS #SSTV #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HamR #TrySomethingNew

48th International Amateur Radio Exhibition

Held over 27 - 29 June 2025 at Messe Friedrichshafen under the banner "Remote Radio - Connecting the World" the organisers have released some preliminary figures from the event

We caught the start time change in an earlier post and have already updated our IO81QK pass predictions at www.sbarc.co.uk/news/ariss-s...

We're trying to work one reception period into our current Foundation Course on Wednesday

I've just looked back at the original data and I'm not sure we have lost a pass, we might have put an early one in before the original start time in error

Have to say this is a more civilised timing (yes I know orbital trajectories are fixed) than the last activity period over IO81QK

Thanks to @arissintl.bsky.social for the update, we have noted this change on our website post (www.sbarc.co.uk/news/ariss-s...) and have updated our pass predictions

No major change in #IO81QK but we did loose 1 early pass on 14 July 2025. Still plenty of opportunities though

#amateurradio #stem

#ARISS #SSTV Activity from the #ISS (14 – 20 July 2025)

ARISS has once again organised a SSTV activity period from the ISS. Lasting 7 days, 12 images will be tansmitted on 145.800MHz using PD120

Marvellous, after the rigours of VHF Field Day we can relax with an #ISS #SSTV activity period

Keep an eye on the News Posts at www.sbarc.co.uk/news for our pass predictions over #IO81QK. RSS feed available

Great work by @arissintl.bsky.social to get this organised

Hmmm...

This has deprived our Field Day op of 2 (well 1.5 considering one is our Treasurer) warm bodies on site.

We need to discuss priorities...

We're on tenterhooks waiting for any updates. Hopefully there's progress; we all like a good #SSTV activity period from the #ISS!

Thanks to @arissintl.bsky.social for all the great work they do

Preparations for #VHFFieldDay are moving forward.

Access to our usual temporary location has been confirmed and we have access to a new horsebox to be our catering and operating post

Briefing at this Thursdays Club meeting plus kit assembly to begin the logistical exercise of getting it all there

You are correct but @arissintl.bsky.social beat you to it by a day or more

We posted an apology and correction shortly after, keep up my man

The nice people at @arissintl.bsky.social very politely DM'd us to point out that we'd made a typo in our last post about likely pass times over #IO81QK

They are, of course, correct the dates should have been 14-07-2025 and 15-07-2025. The times, however, are, at least approximately, correct

This could be quite sane timings over #IO81QK @kingnerd1963.bsky.social @bigbernie.bsky.social @g7kna.co.uk

For example

14-06-25
00:09 - 00:16
01:46 - 01:52
20:08 - 20:13
21:44 - 21:50
23:20 - 23:27

15-06-25
00:57 - 01:03
02:36 - 02:37
19:19 - 19:24
20:54 - 21:01
22:31 - 22:38

Brilliant @arissintl.bsky.social news, another SSTV event allowing the reception of images from the #ISS

Hopefully @sbarc.co.uk members such as @bigbernie.bsky.social @kingnerd1963.bsky.social and @g7kna.co.uk will pick up on this

Pass predictions for IO81QK to follow when we have more details

Hope you have a great evening and a good turnout

So pleased for you, well done and welcome to the hobby

We're sure you will be fine

A note to @kingnerd1963.bsky.social with copy to @g7kna.co.uk

"The letter has been posted"

"The package is in transit"

"Lemons are on sale again"

"Is there life on Mars?"

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one he said, but still they came"

"The lunatic is in the hall"

We wanted to work them but whther we did or not is classified!

Day 2 of 2 operating #GB0SBM from #SlatfordBrassMill in #MillsOnTheAir

Propagation was against us, only adding ~20 QSOs to our log

Rain and storms skirted us and we were packed away before the only major rain event of the day

@kingnerd1963.bsky.social @bigbernie.bsky.social @m1acb.bsky.social

Unfortunately mobile phone coverage at our #MillsOnTheAir site is poor, and there is no WiFi available either, so we are not able to "live post"

Here are a few pictures from #SaltfordBrassMill on Saturday 10 May 2025