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Subj: Dresden ARISS Contact a Success
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 341.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. December 7, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-341.04
Friday 5 December 2003 at 14:58 UTC the Technical
Highschool Berufliches Schulzentrum Elektrotechnik
DL0IKT in Dresden, Germany, performed a radio contact
with the US astronaut Mike Foale, KB5UAC, on board the ISS.
Last summer, 7 students of the Berufliches Schulzentrum
Elektrotechnik in Dresden and their teacher Thomas Hetland,
DL8DXW, made an extraordinary decision: they started a
preparation course for the amateur radio exam. The goal
was to participate in a radio contact with an astronaut
on the ISS by using their own amateur radio callsign.
On September 27, 2003, the amateur radio community gained 7
new members. Anna, Pavel, Martin, Henry, Coelestus, Markus
and Stephan each received their own amateur radio licence.
The technical team did a brilliant job and set up the
satellite station absolutely professionally. The 7 amateur
radio youngsters, the coordinating teacher, Mr. Thomas
Hetland, the technical team, the principal of the school,
Mr. Klaus Goehler, a representative of the Ministry of
Education and an audience of about 70 students gathered
in the early afternoon and waited for the contact.
The ISS called the school at the predicted time.
During the 10 minutes long contact the students asked
questions on a variety of topics, ranging from gravity
(real and artificial) to oxygen consumption and water
reserves on the ISS. Mike Foale answered 14 questions.
The sound quality was good, with very minimumal noise.
The loss of signal came after the farewell words of the
coordinating teacher, during the applause of the audience.
Two TV stations, 4 radio stations, and 2 newspapers
covered the event. The Ministry of Education
published an official statement of the event.
A big succes and a superb illustration of the education
power of the ARISS school contacts.
73, Peter Kofler, IN3GHZ, ARISS mentor
ARISS is an international educational outreach program with US
participation from NASA, AMSAT (The Amateur Satellite Radio Corp.), and
the American Radio Relay League. ARISS offers an opportunity for
students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking
directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station.
Further information on the ARISS programme including upcoming school
contacts is available at the ARISS website, http://www.rac.ca/ariss
[ANS thanks Peter Kofler, IN3GHZ, for the above information.]
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