Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 06 2019 04:17 pm

FIRST EMIRATI ASTRONAUT PREPS FOR SPACE QSOs

NEIL/ANCHOR: Radio operators and space enthusiasts in the United Arab
Emirates have their eyes on the sky - and Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, tells us
why.

JIM M.: The main and backup crews completed their two days of final
tests on the 30th of August, just outside Moscow, in preparation for
their trip to the International Space Station on the 25th of September.
The main crew includes Hazza al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut
who -- with the help of the Emirates Amateur Radio Society -- will
communicate over radio from the ISS to the Mohammed bin Rashid Space
Centre in Dubai. The ham radio society will coordinate those sessions.
In an agreement between the space centre and the Emirates radio society,
the hams are building a station on site in Dubai, in order to communicate
with al Mansoori. The station has already had a successful contact with
a Russian cosmonaut on board the ISS.

The mission is designed to last until October 4th for al Mansoori, a
36-year-old military pilot. He was selected in April for the mission
which will include experiments that study how the human body responds
to microgravity, as well as experiments done in conjunction with 16
schools across the United Arab Emirates.

You can keep tabs on the progress of al Mansoori, and his fellow
astronauts, by following the Twitter account @MBRSpaceCentre - that's
"centre" spelled with an "r e"

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE, GULF TODAY, GULF BUSINESS)

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CELEBRATING OFCOM'S HISTORY BALDOCK RADIO STATION

NEIL/ANCHOR: Ninety years after being part of a historic HF transmission,
a receiving station in the UK is being celebrated. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH,
has that story.

JEREMY: A plaque at Ofcom's Baldock Radio Station in Hertfordshire, marks
the first transatlantic HF radio transmission between that station, and
Rocky Point, New Jersey, in the United States. That was 90 years ago,
when the Baldock radio receiving station first began its operations.

The nine ensuing decades have seen the station, which was created as part
of the Imperial Wireless Chain, transformed into an important manager of
the airwaves for the UK regulator, Ofcom. Ofcom has been celebrating the
evolution of that role, and special event station GB9BRS marked the
occasion in July.

Baldock's new role developed shortly after 1938, with the opening on the
same spot of the Baldock Frequency Control Station, a vital tool of for
ensuring that the spectrum was as interference-free as possible. Baldock
took on another role during the second World War, intercepting German
U-boat transmissions, for decoding at Bletchley Park. After the war,
however, its role as spectrum-protector grew, when Baldock became part
of the International Telecommunications Union's monitoring system,
collecting data to share with other stations globally. That information
helped the international radio community establish responses to
interference, a role that continues today.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(OFCOM, RSGB)

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