{"id":42177,"date":"2020-03-03T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42177"},"modified":"2020-03-03T09:29:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:29:51","slug":"tate-modern-iss-installation-doubles-as-ham-radio-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/tate-modern-iss-installation-doubles-as-ham-radio-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Tate Modern ISS installation doubles as ham radio antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by @helenleigh<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Matthew<\/a>, who shares the following tweet from Helen Leigh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This sculpture at the Tate Modern blew my mind this week. It’s a wire sculpture inspired by the International Space Station that functions as an antenna for a ham radio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Photo by @helenleigh<\/p><\/div>\n

Twice a day it plays live audio and data transmissions from the ISS as it passes overhead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to view on Twitter.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fascinating!\u00a0 Goes to show that the Tate Modern<\/a> is always chock-full of amazing discoveries. Thank you for sharing this, Matthew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matthew, who shares the following tweet from Helen Leigh: This sculpture at the Tate Modern blew my mind this week. It’s a wire sculpture inspired by the International Space Station that functions as an antenna for a ham radio. Twice a day it plays live audio and data transmissions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3],"tags":[8343,4000,3999,6522],"class_list":["post-42177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","tag-helen-leigh","tag-international-space-station","tag-iss","tag-tate-modern"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aYh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36122,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/international-space-station-sstv-event-feb-15-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":42177,"position":0},"title":"International Space Station SSTV Event Feb 15-17","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Space Station Slow Scan TV Event Feb 15-17 ARISS is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events from the International Space Station on February 15-17 Transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM are scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 15 at 08:45 UT and run through\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/52457890_2251450901545083_75691097715638272_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/52457890_2251450901545083_75691097715638272_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/52457890_2251450901545083_75691097715638272_n.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27301,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/receive-sstv-images-from-the-iss-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":42177,"position":1},"title":"Receive SSTV images from the ISS today","author":"Thomas","date":"July 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) The International Space Station is transmitting SSTV pictures to radio amateurs around the world on 145.800 MHz FM The Slow Scan Television image transmissions are expected to continue until 1800 GMT Sunday, July 23 and can be received on simple equipment such as a handheld radio or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Digital Modes"","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ARISS_210717_0130-e1500804895297.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ARISS_210717_0130-e1500804895297.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ARISS_210717_0130-e1500804895297.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33012,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/receive-sstv-from-space-june-29-july-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":42177,"position":2},"title":"Receive SSTV from space June 29-July 1","author":"Thomas","date":"June 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) ARISS Russia\u00a0is planning a special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event\u00a0 from the International Space Station Station around 09:00 GMT on Friday, June 29 and continuing until 18:30 GMT Sunday, July 1. 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