ARLA/CLUSTER: Novo astronauta britanico já é radioamador

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

UK astronaut Tim Peake is now KG5BVI

UK ESA astronaut Tim Peake took the opportunity to sit his Technician
amateur radio exam at the end of April while he was in Houston for
astronaut training. He has now been issued the ham radio
callsignKG5BVI

At the beginning of March Tim gave a presentation to the UKSEDS
National Student Space Conference in Leicester. During the talk he
expressed his enthusiasm about getting his amateur radio licence and
operating from the International Space Station.

Tim is currently training for Expedition 46/47 to the International
Space Station which is scheduled for November 2015.

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ESATimPeake

Twitter https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake

The UK’s first astronaut was Helen Sharman GB1MIR who launched into
space 23 years ago on May 18, 1991, see
http://amsat-uk.org/about/history/first-uk-astronaut-helen-sharman-gb1mir/

The USA Technician licence is the equivalent of the UK Foundation. The
35-question Technician exam covers topics such as radio theory,
regulations and operating practices. 26 of the 35 questions need to be
answered correctly to pass. Unlike the system in the UK there are no
practical assessments for the USA exams just a single multiple choice
exam paper. All the questions and answers for the US exams are
available online and you can try a practice Technician exam at
http://www.qrz.com/hamtest/

Technicians are allowed to use up to 1500 watts output on all the VHF,
UHF and Microwave bands and 200 watts output on four HF bands. USA
Technicians have full amateur privileges in the frequencies they are
allocated, for example they can do set up beacons or repeaters,
operate maritime mobile and design and build their own equipment.