{"id":3290,"date":"2022-08-11T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/press-coverage-of-eight-year-olds-iss-ham-radio-contact\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:37:54","slug":"press-coverage-of-eight-year-olds-iss-ham-radio-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/press-coverage-of-eight-year-olds-iss-ham-radio-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Press coverage of eight-year-old\u2019s ISS ham radio contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Press coverage of eight-year-old\u2019s ISS ham radio contact<\/h2>\n<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35124\" data-attachment-id=\"35124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/08\/11\/press-report-8-year-olds-iss-contact\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5568,3712\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"4\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"NIKON D5\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1659887518\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"24\",\"iso\":\"400\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.016666\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Picture from Isabella being viewed by Kjell on the ISS\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Isabella\u2019s picture being viewed by Kjell on the ISS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Isabella\u2019s picture being viewed by Kjell on the ISS&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=593\" class=\"wp-image-35124\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=640&amp;h=427\" alt=\"Isabella's picture being viewed by Kjell on the ISS\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=640&amp;h=427 640w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=854 1280w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/picture-from-isabella-being-viewed-by-kjell-on-the-iss.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabella\u2019s picture being viewed by Kjell on the ISS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kent\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theisleofthanetnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle of Thanet News<\/a><\/strong> reports on the amateur radio contact between 8-year-old <strong>Isabella Payne<\/strong> and NASA astronaut <strong>Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS<\/strong> on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>In the Isle of Thanet News, <strong>Kathy Bailes<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theisleofthanetnews.com\/2022\/08\/10\/broadstairs-eight-year-old-to-feature-on-nasa-website-after-radio-chat-with-iss-astronaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>A Broadstairs eight-year-old has chatted with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station and a recording of the conversation will feature on the NASA website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Isabella Payne spoke to Astronaut Kjell Lindgren as the ISS flew overhead last week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The youngster was with dad Matthew [M0LMK] who is a license holding amateur radio enthusiast and tutor. He and Isabella are both members of Hilderstone Radio Society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Matthew said: \u201cIsabella has been a member of the radio club ever since she was born and has been playing with the radio since she was six. Because I have the full licence she can sit on my knee and use the radio to speak to people as long as I am controlling it. Everyone at the club can do that. She has been involved in a few radio events, Children On The Air events, and will hopefully go for her own licence soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read full story by Kathy Bailes and listen to the recording on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsleThanetNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle of Thanet News<\/a> site at<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theisleofthanetnews.com\/2022\/08\/10\/broadstairs-eight-year-old-to-feature-on-nasa-website-after-radio-chat-with-iss-astronaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/theisleofthanetnews.com\/2022\/08\/10\/broadstairs-eight-year-old-to-feature-on-nasa-website-after-radio-chat-with-iss-astronaut\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsleThanetNews\/status\/1557404614076530688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsleThanetNews\/status\/1557404614076530688<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew M0LMK tweeted about the picture shown above:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cIsabella has been having an email exchange with the @NASA #ISS team, you know, as you do! She sent a photo for their publicity team and asked for it to be sent onto @astro_kjell. Here\u2019s what she got in return\u2026\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/m0lmk\/status\/1556976125359919105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/m0lmk\/status\/1556976125359919105<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ISS astronaut\u2019s favourite ham radio contact<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/08\/03\/iss-astronauts-favorite-ham-radio-contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/08\/03\/iss-astronauts-favorite-ham-radio-contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/08\/11\/press-report-8-year-olds-iss-contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get The Details&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>m5aka  <\/p>\n<p>AMSAT-UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent\u2019s Isle of Thanet News reports on the amateur radio contact between 8-year-old Isabella Payne and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS on the International Space Station. In the Isle of Thanet News, Kathy Bailes, writes: A Broadstairs eight-year-old has chatted \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/08\/11\/press-report-8-year-olds-iss-contact\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/press-coverage-of-eight-year-olds-iss-ham-radio-contact\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-excerpt","post-3290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-amsat","tag-amsat","tag-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}