{"id":241376,"date":"2016-06-07T06:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T10:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=29659"},"modified":"2016-06-07T06:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T10:16:47","slug":"tx-factor-video-the-kings-school-tim-peake-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=241376","title":{"rendered":"TX Factor video: The King\u2019s School Tim Peake contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_27947\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27947\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/uk-astronaut-tim-peake-kg5bvi-gb1ss-in-the-iss-jan-2016.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200\" alt=\"UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI GB1SS in the ISS Jan 2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI \/ GB1SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this special edition, the TX Factor team of <strong>Nick Bennett 2E0FGQ<\/strong>, <strong>Bob McCreadie G0FGX<\/strong> and <strong>Mike Marsh G1IAR<\/strong>, follow the progress of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingsSchoolOSM\" ><strong>The King&#8217;s School GB1OSM<\/strong><\/a>, Ottery St Mary, Devon in their attempt to be one of the ten lucky UK schools to use amateur radio to link up with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astro_timpeake\" >Tim Peake GB1SS<\/a><\/strong> aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>The team go behind the scenes with the ARISS team to meet the members and see the technology that helped to make the UK schools&#8217; link-ups such a great success.<\/p>\n<p>Among those interviewed are the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theRSGByouth\" >RSGB Youth Committee<\/a> Chair <strong>Mike Jones 2K0MLJ<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theRSGB\" >RSGB Communications Manager<\/a> <strong>Heather Parsons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>TX Factor sincerely hope you enjoy their latest feature that has taken over 18 months to make!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Watch TX Factor &#8211; Episode 11 (TXF011)<br \/>\n<iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='593' height='364' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hpUDArlvVuM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;autohide=2&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The King\u2019s School Tim Peake contact <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/05\/02\/the-kings-school-tim-peake\/\" >https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/05\/02\/the-kings-school-tim-peake\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ISS HamTV at Goonhilly in TX Factor Show<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/02\/27\/hamtv-at-goonhilly-in-tx-factor-show\/\" >https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/02\/27\/hamtv-at-goonhilly-in-tx-factor-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is Amateur Radio? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/what-is-amateur-radio\" >http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/what-is-amateur-radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find an amateur radio training course near you <a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/services\/coursefinder\/\" >https:\/\/thersgb.org\/services\/coursefinder\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started, see<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/alex-discovers-amateur-radio-2\/\" >http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/alex-discovers-amateur-radio-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/ariss-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24268 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/ariss-logo.jpg?w=150&#038;h=147\" alt=\"Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.<\/p>\n<p>ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crew members on ISS can energize youngsters\u2019 interest in science, technology, and learning.<\/p>\n<p>ARISS Principia <a href=\"https:\/\/principia.ariss.org\/\" >https:\/\/principia.ariss.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&#038;blog=41081109&#038;%23038;post=29659&#038;%23038;subd=ukamsat&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this special edition, the TX Factor team of Nick Bennett 2E0FGQ, Bob McCreadie G0FGX and Mike Marsh G1IAR, follow the progress of The King&rsquo;s School GB1OSM, Ottery St Mary, Devon in their attempt to be one of the ten &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/06\/07\/tx-factor-kings-school-iss\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&amp;blog=41081109&amp;post=29659&amp;subd=ukamsat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241542,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241376\/revisions\/241542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}