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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 242.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 29, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-242.03
1.Illinois School Contact Successful
Challenger Learning Center at Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington,
Illinois experienced a successful contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on
Monday, August 16, at 1805 UTC. Fourteen year old Roxie Able,
KC9CSV,was on the microphone using W9AML, and Grant Zehr, AA9LC, acted
as the control operator. Mike answered thirteen questions put to him by
the students. Two TV stations, one radio station, and several newspapers
attended the event. The ARRL ran a web story on the contact. “Astronaut
Tells Youngsters He's Craving Fried Chicken,” can be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/19/3/?nc=1
This site also provides a link to the audio of the contact.
Another article was run on Bloomingtons Pantagraph site. See
“Long-distance chat,” at:
http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/081704/new_20040817006.shtml
2.Upcoming School Contact
Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania has been
scheduled for a contact with the ISS on Friday, August 27 at 13:46 UTC.
This school is a crew pick of Mike Finckes.
3.ARISS International Meeting Held
The monthly ARISS International Teleconference was held on Tuesday,
August 17. Agenda items discussed included the AMSAT/ARISS joint
meetings to be held on October 8 – 13 in Arlington, Virginia. A
roundtable panel discussion for ARISS participants as part of the AMSAT
meeting is planned.
Kenneth Ransom proposed that an ARISS special event be held during the
December/January timeframe similar to the Field Day activity held in the
U.S. in June, but with international participation. Such an event would
not only be enjoyed by ham radio operators, but would also be a boost to
the crews spirits during the holiday season.
ARISS Delegate Gaston Bertels is working with ESTECs ISS Utilization
Service to see how they are interfacing with the NASA Headquarters
Education Office regarding the possibility of setting up a yearly
activity for Dutch schools relating to space. This would be funded by
the Dutch government. Gaston is working to have ARISS included in the
planning. This yearly event in the Netherlands would culminate in a
school contact with the ISS.
4.AMSAT/ARISS Planning Meeting Held
A planning meeting for the AMSAT Symposium and ARISS International
Delegate meeting was held on Saturday, August 21. Carl Walz has agreed
to be the AMSAT banquet speaker. Carl was involved in the installation
of some of the antennas on the Service Module and will discuss NASAs
Vision for Space Exploration as part of his talk.
5.ARISS QSL Cards of Note
The ARRL received a request for a radio contact confirmation card
(called a QSL card) from a sight-impaired ham radio operator. Mark
Spencer met the request by using ARRL's Brailler machine to fill out the
ARISS QSL card. Another ham radio operator wrote on his QSL card:
"Although Ive been a ham operator for 36 years, this radio contact with
the ISS got me more excited than Ive been about ham radio in some
time."
[ANS thanks the ARISS Team for the above information]
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