January 2017

Events: January – April 2017

A new year, a new set of events! Radio workshop – Sheffield – 11th February 2017 Radio workshops are a great introduction into operating and using radios, and are a first step to getting your own Amateur Radio License. Radio systems are useful for all kinds of projects from High Altitude Read more…

By Joseph Dudley, ago

AstRoSoc Project Aether Success!

Students from our University of Leicester Branch – AstRoSoc, have filmed breathtaking footage of the Earth’s curvature, using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner. In conditions close to a vacuum Read more…

By yurigagarintwin, ago