<div dir="ltr"><table width="610" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td height="5" colspan="2"><table width="610" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="145" height="20"><div align="right"><div class="gmail-addthis_toolbox gmail-addthis_default_style"><a class="gmail-addthis_counter gmail-addthis_bubble_style" href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/august/young-radio-hams-to-talk-to-iss-astronaut.htm#" tabindex="1000" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:700;display:inline-block;border:0px;outline:0px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;line-height:initial;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,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&quot;);background-repeat:no-repeat;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-position:0px -4pc;padding:0px 0px 0px 4px;height:1pc;box-sizing:content-box;width:2pc"></a><a class="gmail-addthis_button_expanded" target="_blank" title="Mais..." href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/august/young-radio-hams-to-talk-to-iss-astronaut.htm#" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-line:none;margin-bottom:3px;line-height:1pc;display:block;border:0px;background:none;width:34px;height:1pc;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></a><div class="gmail-atclear" style="clear:both"></div></div><div align="right"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div id="gmail-story"><h1 style="font-size:16pt"><img src="http://qsl.net/g/g4tut//images/astronauts/paolo_nespoli_IZ0JPA.jpg" width="350" align="right">Young radio hams to talk to ISS astronaut</h1><p>Some of the young radio amateurs attending the YOTA 2017 event at Gilwell Park will get the chance to talk to astronaut <strong>Paulo Nespoli IZ0JPA</strong> on the International Space Station using amateur radio <br><br>Paulo will be operating the amateur radio station NA1SS in the Columbus module of the ISS and will to talk to attendees at the <strong>Youngsters On The Air 2017</strong> event taking place at Gilwell Park on the Essex/London border.</p><p>The callsign of the Gilwell Park station will be <strong>GB4YOTA</strong> and the contact is planned to take place at 1838 GMT on Tuesday, August 8.<br><br>The RSGB are hosting YOTA 2017 the prestigious IARU international summer camp at Gilwell Park, the UK Scouting HQ, on August 5-12, 2017.<br><br>There will be 80 young people under the age of 26 from 30 countries – from all over IARU Region 1 (Europe/Africa) as well as Japan — representing their national amateur radio societies at this event.<br><br>By taking part in a mix of amateur radio and intercultural activities, the young people will be able to build relationships with like-minded people from other countries and develop international friendships through amateur radio—and have a lot of fun!<br><br>YOTA 2017 <a href="http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/yota-2017/" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/yota-2017/<br></a><br>Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) <br><a href="http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html</a><br><br>AMSAT-UK: <a href="http://amsat-uk.org/" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://amsat-uk.org/</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AmsatUK" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/AmsatUK</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/AmsatUK" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://facebook.com/AmsatUK</a><br>YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/AmsatUK" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://youtube.com/AmsatUK</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>