BBC TV on Devon school's ham radio contact with ISS

BBC TV on Devon school's ham radio contact with ISS
On October 8 the BBC TV show Spotlight featured an item about the amateur radio contact between pupils at Bampton Primary School (GB4BPS) and astronaut Drew Morgan KI5AAA (NA1SS) on the ISS

A video of that segment of Spotlight has been shared on YouTube.

Watch BBC Spotlight - Bampton School, Devon talking to ISS-Astro Drew Morgan NA1SS


Devon school's ISS contact
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/october/devon-schools-iss-contact.htm


http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/october/bbc-tv-on-devon-school-ham-radio-contact-with-iss.htm

 

And did anybody hear a single mention of amateur radio?

 

NO! but that's the BBC for you .....

.... but I am sure the experience will one day inspire some of those children to take a closer look at our amazing hobby and with luck some of them will join us.

It was a job well done.

Frank G4HBI

 

I also noticed the glaringly obvious omission.......too bad...congrats to the team there...maybe they would have had a more inclusive hearing from the ITV network...

 

The ARRL claims they call the space station on their wireline phone.