Chris Aitken MM0WIC
@skipperAitken
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Computing science teacher at Wick High in Caithness, Scotland. Director with Caithness Broch Project. Interested in making tech. Amateur radio: MM0WIC & GM0WHS
Joined February 2012
@microbit_edu high five counter with @NossPrimELC primary 4 was a huge SUCCESS! The winners had a turn on the arcade machine for the prize 🫸🫷
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If you know any young operators that are keen to get on the air and meet like-minded people, let them know about the official RSGB Outreach Team's DMR Youth Net, which is taking place bi-weekly. Details of the next net: 🗓️ When: 8pm (BST) Tue 28 Oct 📍 Where: RSGB Youth Talk
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BBC News: Scouts get chance to quiz astronaut in space https://t.co/COjh39T8Yi The ISS contact featured in 'Midlands Today' BBC 1 at 5.05 pm BST Oct 19. It may also be on the 10:25 pm broadcast or Fast-forward 2 minutes in this video https://t.co/ILwMOiwMqr
#amsat #hamradio #hamr
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Interested in setting up an @ARISS_intl radio contact with an astronaut on board the @Space_Station? Schools and youth organisations are invited to submit an application and an educational project. Deadline for applications is 24 October 2025. The selection will take place in
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#AMSAT now offering free student memberships for those under 25 enrolled in an educational program from primary school through a Master’s degree. Benefits of student membership include a one-year digital subscription to The AMSAT Journal https://t.co/eOOZVp4ksI
#hamradio #hamr
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What a privilege going along to the ISS contact today. Ciaran, M0XTD, ran a very tight ship and made everything look effortless.All the Scouts asked amazing questions with really great answers from Jonny. Adding in Ham TV was such a "wow"moment. Thank you @scouts @ARISS_Intl
What an unforgettable morning! Congratulations to everyone involved in a successful contact between the International Space Station and the @Scouts 👏👏👏 The children did brilliantly with 22 questions answered by Astronaut Jonathan "Jonny" Kim KJ5HKP - they even got to see
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I'm beyond excited to be a part of this. 1100 mile round trip but it's definitely worth it. Thank goodness for the school holidays 🤣
📣There is an @ARISS_Intl #amateurradio contact taking place tomorrow, Saturday 18 October at 09:35:44 UTC with the @Scouts Astronaut Jonny Kim, KJ5HKP, will be answering questions from the 1st Radford Semele Scout Group. He'll operate call sign NA1SS aboard the @Space_Station.
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It was great to welcome Emily and her YOTA Paris team members to the RSGB Convention. You can hear from them in the interview they did during our Sunday Convention livestream... https://t.co/ON41UBal04
@GM0WHS
Good luck to our own Emily, M7HPU at the convention. If you see her be sure to ask about her YOTA experience in Paris this year or how cool it is having a school radio club 😎😎😎
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Good luck to our own Emily, M7HPU at the convention. If you see her be sure to ask about her YOTA experience in Paris this year or how cool it is having a school radio club 😎😎😎
RSGB President Bob Beebe, GU4YOX has officially opened the #RSGBconvention 2025 and Professor Lucie Green has delivered her keynote speech on seeing total solar eclipses from space. Join us via our Livestream: https://t.co/P31jyfRoH5
#amateurradio #hamr #SolarEclipse @Dr_Lucie
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Thank you to everyone who took part in Saturday's LoRa High-altitude balloon challenge. We'll be releasing a video from the balloon's flight, as well as a guide on what you can do with your LoRa tracker now the RSGB challenge has finished, very soon. In the meantime here are two
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Wick High School will be QRV around 7150 +/-QRM at 1215z today. Operators will be MM7IFL, MM3DRB and MM0WIC with Hannah, Corey and Xander who are currently studying for their Foundation. Looking forward to working you!
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Can't wait to get this going. Ben (GW4BML) and I will be chairing the sessions until it's established. It would be so good to talk to young operators from across the world. Feel free to tag any schools or groups who might like to take part 👋👋
📣Calling all young radio enthusiasts wherever you are in the world! Be part of the first official DMR Youth Net organised by The RSGB Outreach Team: 👉When: 1900UTC on Tuesday 30 September 👉Where: The RSGB Youth Talk Group 23554 on the DVSPh and Brandmeister Networks
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RSGB Board Director Ben Lloyd, GW4BML, Dave Pegler, M0JKS, and the whole RSGB Team wish everyone best of luck! Up, up and away she goes!🎈 This activity has been created by the members of the RSGB Outreach Team for #NationalCodingWeek – it’s an opportunity for you to have fun,
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We're getting prepped at Wick High for the @theRSGB LoRa Balloon Challenge. Hope there's nobody from Orkney or Shetland skipping over us 😂 @skipperAitken
#RSGBlora #RSGBoutreach #amateurradio #hamr
⏰ Have you got your LoRa tracker board ready? We're only 48hrs away from seeing how far you can make your signal soar! Join the RSGB LoRa Balloon Challenge livestream from just after 10am BST on Saturday 20 September, with the balloon launch at approximately 11am. Get the
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Schools and colleges around the country are back for another term, and the RSGB Outreach Team is continuing its DMR project to help young people get on the air. If you are a teacher who would like to take your #amateurradio licence and set up a school club, find out about
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Advanced world time visualisation tool for amateur radio operators with real-time propagation data and greyline tracking.
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Not long to go until the LoRa balloon challenge on 20 September - have you got your LoRa tracker ready? Find out how to get involved with this exciting event via https://t.co/x8W8tFsnA5
#amateurradio #lora #hamr
hi-impact is excited to team up with @theRSGB for the LoRa Balloon Challenge this #NationalCodingWeek 2025! Thanks to our sponsor #Moonraker UK, a high-altitude balloon carrying a LoRa digipeater will launch on Saturday 20 Sept, 11:00am BST. Build, experiment, compete — and dont
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Our fourth Foundation course kicked off tonight with three keen students. Corey, Hannah and Xander all saw how much fun their friends were having and wanted to give it a go. Corey is the brother of MM3DRB 🎉
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Must resist making a Status Quo joke here 🙃
Hopping all over the world at lunchtime today as we practise using DMR with MM7HPU before our call tonight.
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Conditions poor on 40m for us at GM0WHS again today but MM7IFL's ham spirit is undeterred. Delighted to see him building confidence in operating on the air and showing his friends how to call CQ
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