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Trevor Hawkins
M5AKA
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BBC Radio 1 documentary -
Radio Anyone
BBC Radio 1 are producing a documentary called 'Radio Anyone'.
It is part of the BBC Voices project (looking at language, dialect and
accent in the UK today), Radio Anyone looks at the ways people exploit
technology to broadcast their voices to the world.
From the illegal hijacking of the airwaves in a tower-block in East London,
to the latest in digital broadcasting - podcasting. The modern equivalent
of CB radio has random people all over the UK talking about, well, random
stuff,
which you can get sent direct to your mp3 player to listen to at your
leisure. An insight into the world of the amateur radio, this programme
reveals that most basic of instincts - the need to communicate.
The programme will feature short clips of Amateur Radio School Contacts
with the International Space Station to illustrate the communication between
school children and astronauts.
The RSGB GB4FUN Manager Carlos Eavis G0AKI went to Great Portland Street
with the GB4FUN van last Thursday to participate in the documentary, and
had the interviewer come down for a look for 45 minutes. Despite being
in a
built-up area, as luck would have it there was an 83 degree North/South
pass of AO-51.
Carlos handed the interviewer the mic, and she had a seven minute QSO
with Ib OZ1MY on AO-51 where she quizzed Ib on how he got started in amateur
radio. This satellite contact was the only QSO she made.
The programme is due for transmission on BBC Radio 1 on Monday 22nd Aug
sometime between 13:00 and 16:00 BST.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Trevor is a member of The Chelmsford
Amateur Radio Society
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