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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 149.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 29, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-149.01
1. New York School Contact Successful
On Monday, May 16, students from Iroquois Middle School in Niskayuna, New
York spoke with John Phillips, KE5DRY, via the telebridge station, VK5ZAI,
in Australia, with the teleconferencing link donated by MCI. Paul Manning, a
seventh grader at the school, and nephew of Phillips, was among the twelve
students who asked 18 questions of the astronaut. The contact was broadcast
live by the in-school television station, WIRO. It was rebroadcast the
following day for the rest of the student body. In all, approximately 700
students, teachers, and visitors observed the event. John Phillips' brother
and sister-in-law attended, as did the television stations FOX23 and Time
Warner Channel 9. Both stations covered the event and ran stories on the
local news. The Spotlight, a local newspaper, followed up on Tuesday and
interviewed the students.
The audio for this event was available on the internet and fed through
Echolink and IRLP nodes. Echolink had seventy-eight connections, which
included 22 simplex and 12 repeater nodes and 2 conference servers.
Thailand, South Africa, Russia, Romania, and Italy were among the ten
countries listening in.
Twenty-one IRLP nodes were connected to the Discovery Reflector 9010.
Countries that participated included the USA, Canada, Norway, Germany,
England and Australia. One IRLP connection was made by Central Middle
School, an inner city school located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,
where twenty-four students and four teachers were amazed as they listened to
the ARISS question and answer session.
2. Upcoming School Contacts
Brigidine College in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia has been scheduled
for a contact on Thursday, June 2, at 09:30 UTC.
The audio will be fed through the Echolink AMSAT (101377) and EDU_NET
(77992) servers and IRLP Reflector 9010. It will also be available on the
internet. To join the event, go to:
URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com/
CONFERENCE NUMBER: 7535482
PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO
3. Japanese School Contact
Hosokawa Junior High School, in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan experienced an ARISS
contact on Monday, May 9. ARRL covered the event in an article entitled,
"Japanese Junior High Students Take "Giant Step" via Ham Radio."
See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/05/17/3/?nc=1
4. ARISS International Teleconference Held
The monthly ARISS International Meeting was held on Tuesday, May 17. Agenda
items discussed included the ARISS face to face meeting in the U.K., to be
held August 1 & 2, third party traffic issues, the SuitSat Educational
Proposal, and the possibility of an ARISS contact with a school in Bejiing
during the 2008 Olympics.
5. SuitSat Educational Proposal
The SuitSat Educational Proposal was discussed and finalized during the
ARISS international teleconference. On Wednesday, May 18, the proposal was
released to the international delegates and to the NASA Education Office for
distribution to schools worldwide. It has also been posted on the ARISS
website at: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/suitsat.htm and to the AMSAT server at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/School%20Spacewalk%20Suitsat%20Final.doc
6. Dayton Hamvention 2005
The Dayton Hamvention 2005 was held this past weekend, May 20 - 22. AMSAT
and ARRL both had exhibition booths at the event, which draws crowds of
25,000 annually.
ARISS delegate Rosalie White, K1STO, gave a talk on ARISS at the Dayton ARRL
Expo, and accompanied inactive astronaut Tony England to the AMSAT dinner
where he gave a talk on space and youth.
ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and ISS Ham Deputy Program Manager Mark
Steiner, K3MS, attended and gave a presentation entitled, "Human Spaceflight
Update: ARISS, the Moon and Mars."
See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Presentations/Dayton%202005.pdf
7. Columbus Module
An Amateur Radio station will be located on the European Space Module,
Columbus. ARISS patch antennas, covering UHF, L-band, and S-band, will be
installed on the nadir of Columbus. ESA has agreed to cover the installation
cost of 100,000 euros. ARISS will need to pay 40,000 euros by mid June for
development and manufacturing costs, with another 40,000 euros due by year's
end. ARISS-Europe has extended a call for donations, and the progress can be
followed on the ARISS-Europe website.
See: www.ariss-eu.org/columbus.htm
8. Astronaut Training
On May 16, Kenneth Ransom of JSC provided ARISS training to astronaut Dan
Tani. He discussed school operations, packet capabilities, and cross band
repeater mode, as well as Field Day. Tani is tentatively scheduled to fly in
the spring of 2006 as a crew member of Expedition 13.
9. Field Day
Kenneth Ransom has invited Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, and John Phillips,
KE5DRY, to participate in Field Day. This ARRL event is held annually the
fourth full weekend of June. This year it will be held on June 25 - 26,
beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.
10. School Selection Committee Meeting Held
The Educational Outreach/School Selection Committee Meeting was held on May
12, 2005. The minutes have been posted to the ARISS website.
See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arissschm.htm
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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