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Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) operations on the Space Shuttle
Endeavour are proceeding smoothly. The general ham community reports
that the six licensed hams on-board Endeavour have been very active on
both voice and packet since the beginning of this flight.
The record setting 26 school group contacts, scheduled for this mission,
have also been proceeding well. To date, 9 of the 26 schools group
contacts have been successfully completed. These include the Tarkington
Middle School in Cleveland, Texas, the Chisum Jr/Sr HS in Paris, Texas,
the Cobram Secondary College, in Cobram, Australia, a Group of Scholars
in South Africa, the Little Lilly's English School in Bangalore, India,
the Lutherville Elementary School in Lutherville, Maryland, the Plymouth
Center School in Plymouth, Connecticut, the Kentucky Tech. Vocational
School in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, and the Waihe'e Elementary School in
Wailuku, Hawaii. The students have prepared well for their 4-8 minute
question and answer period with the astronauts. Many of the students
have asked questions directly related to the ASTRO-2 ultraviolet
observatory which is the primary payload on the STS-67 mission. Some of
the questions related to the complex, astrophysics science that is being
conducted on this mission. These include questions on supernova
remnants, the physics and properties of blackholes, and the how the
astronomy being conducted on the shuttle Endeavour will effect mankind's
:understanding of the big bang theory. Four of the STS-67 crew members
have a degree in Astrophysics.
With the successful completion of over one third of the school group
contacts, two originally planned backup contacts have been opened up for
potential general QSO operations. While the SAREX Working Group cannot
guarantee that the Endeavour astronauts will be operating SAREX during
these times, the astronauts may be available on the following passes:
March 7 22:53-23:00 UTC Orbit 90
March 8 02:40-02:48 UTC Orbit 93
SAREX operates on the following Frequencies:
Voice Downlink 145.55
Voice Uplinks: 144.99, 144.97, 144.95, 144.93 144.91 (Except Europe)
Voice Uplinks: 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 (Europe only)
Voice Callsigns: Ron Parise, WA4SIR, Steve Oswald, KB5YSR, Tammy
Jernigan, KC5MGF, Bill Gregory, KC5MGA, Wendy Lawrence, KC5KII and Sam
Durrance, N3TQA.
Packet Downlink: 145.55
Packet Uplink: 144.49
Packet Callsign: W5RRR-1
Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
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