Exploring Post 911 Emergency Management & Communications

05/06/2026

Today at 6 pm, do not miss this great Open House event for Youth ages 14 to 20 about Emergency Management. See you then!

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

Open House tomorrow for Youth 14 to 20 years old interested in Emergency Management. For more information, please read below.

05/04/2026

05/03/2026

📡 Scouts Talking to Space — By Amateur Radio

Today, something rather special is scheduled to happen.

A group of Scouts in Australia are due to make live contact with the International Space Station using amateur radio, as part of an ARISS educational contact linked to the Wireless Institute of Australia AGM and Technical Expo / VK Summit.

And that is the part of amateur radio that still feels almost unbelievable.

No internet chat.
No mobile phone network.
No normal video call.

Just radio.

A signal from Earth.
A fast-moving space station overhead.
A licensed amateur radio station.
And an astronaut answering questions from young people as the ISS travels around the planet at roughly seventeen thousand miles per hour.

Did you know?

The ISS has amateur radio equipment on board, and when scheduled ARISS contacts take place, students can ask questions directly to a crew member in space. These contacts help teach radio science, satellite communication, space exploration and the value of practical STEM education.

For many young people, this may be the first time they realise that radio is not “old technology”.

It is living technology.

It can track satellites.
It can cross oceans.
It can support emergency communication.
It can bounce signals through the atmosphere.
And, on days like this, it can connect a classroom or youth group with human beings orbiting Earth.

The scheduled downlink for this contact is 145.800 MHz, so depending on your location, timing and the pass geometry, listeners may be able to hear part of the contact. Please remember: during a scheduled ARISS school contact, listen only. Do not attempt to call the ISS.

This is exactly the kind of thing that keeps amateur radio exciting.

One moment you are tuning across VHF.

The next, you are listening to space.

Have you ever heard the ISS on amateur radio?

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