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Subj: ARISS Status - 17 Jan 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 023.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 23, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-023.04
1. California School Contact Successful
As a child, Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, attended John Baldwin Elementary School
in Danville, California, and so he selected this school for his next
ARISS contact. On Thursday, January 13, 2005, Leroy delighted the
elementary school students by speaking with them from space. He was able
to answer 13 of their questions. The contact was via the telebridge
station, VK5ZAI, in Kingston SE, South Australia.
2. Upcoming School Contacts
Students at Pinon Elementary School in White Rock, New Mexico will have
their chance to speak to Leroy Chiao on Thursday, 27 January 2005 at
17:42 UTC.
3. ESA Article on Ireland Contact
ESA ran an article covering the ESA sponsored competition in Ireland
where the winning schools met at University College Cork for their ARISS
contact. The article, “Greetings from space,” is posted on the ESA
website. See:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMAVC8873E_education_0.html
4. Astronaut Training
Kenneth Ransom held a training session with astronauts Thomas Reiter,
DF4TR, and Bill McArthur, KC5ACR. He familiarized them with the hardware
on board the ISS, talked about lessons learned, and had them practice
placing the radio in cross band repeater mode. He also covered other
equipment that is expected to be on board the ISS when they arrive,
including the SSTV and the Yaesu radio system. Both astronauts are very
interested in making contacts, and they should be a great asset to the
ARISS program.
Kenneth has also scheduled a training session with astronaut Sunita
Williams. The meeting is slated for Tuesday, 18 January 2005.
5. Astronaut Receives Amateur Radio License
JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide passed his amateur radio exam on
Saturday, January 8, and received his new callsign, KE5DNI. Hoshide is
the eighth of fourteen members in the 2004 astronaut candidate class to
receive his license. The other seven received their callsigns in
November, 2004. Congratulations Akihiko!
6. ARISS Acquires New Hardware
The ARISS U.S. team purchased an IBM A31P Thinkpad computer. This is the
same model computer that will be dedicated to the ISS Ham radio system
on board the ISS. The ARISS team plans to test the SSTV system with
this newly acquired computer.
7. Presentation on Amateur Radio in Space
The new Power Point presentation about ham radio in space was announced
in the March issue of QST (ARRL's monthly journal with 160,000
subscribers) and described on ARRLs teacher listserv. The show,
“Amateur Radio in Space,” which covers ham radio satellites and
highlights ARISS, is downloadable from the ARRL web site. See:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/materials/videos.html
8. QST Covers ARISS ESA ESOC Contact
A news item with a photo of members of the Amateur Radio club of the
European Space Centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, was carried in the March
QST because during their open house, they made an Amateur Radio contact
with astronauts using ARISS gear on the ISS. The open house had 1200
visitors who were impressed that hams were able to talk to the
astronauts as the ISS passed overhead.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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