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Subj: ARISS Status - 07 Feb 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 044.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 13, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-044.04
1.Air Training Corps Contact Successful
On February 2, cadets from the Air Training Corps 1132 Squadron of
Stalham High School in Norfolk, England spoke with Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW
Twenty questions were asked and answered as fifty students witnessed the
contact. Two newspapers were in attendance, as was BBC television, which
covered the event and broadcast it on the South England BBC TV program
to an audience of millions.
2.Upcoming School Contacts
Rockland District High School in Rockland, ME has been scheduled for an
ARISS contact on Monday, February 14 at 15:06 UTC.
3.ARRL Article on Pinion School Contact
ARRL ran a story on the Pinion Elementary School contact. “New Mexico
Youngsters Finally Get Chance to Talk to ISS,” can be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/02/02/6/?nc=1
4.ARRL Article on Packet Tests
On February 2, ARRL ran a story about the Kenwood TM700 transceiver
which wwas switched to the PC-Sat frequency for a few days to conduct
some tests. To view the article, “ISS, PC-Sat set up for joint packet
tests,” see:
http://www.arrl.org/
5.Astronaut Receives Callsign
Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips passed his technicians exam on
January 28. He has been issued the callsign KE5DRY.
6.SuitSat Meeting to be Held
A Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) will be held on Monday, February
14 through Friday, February 18, in Houston, to design SuitSat, and to
prepare the associated documents for this project.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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