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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 11.06 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. January 11, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-11.06
1. Ohio School Contact Successful:
On January 2, Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio experienced a successful
ARISS contact with astronaut Mike Foale, KB5UAC. The Gilmour students asked
12 questions of Foale. Fifty people were in the audience during the
contact.
At least one newspaper and FOX TV covered the event.
2. Upcoming School Contacts:
The next ARISS contact is scheduled for Armstrong Middle School in Flint,
Michigan. The contact will take place January 12, 2004.
3. ARRL Article on Foale's Contacts for Roy Neal, K6DUE, Event:
ARRL published an article entitled, "ISS Commander Gets on the Air with New
Ham Gear," in their weekly ARRL Letter.
See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/04/0102/
4. ARISS Paper to be Published
ARISS Chairman, Frank Bauer, received an inquiry from the magazine, CQ VHF
to publish the paper written on the Phase 2 Hardware entitled, "Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station- Phase 2 Hardware System." The
magazine, CQ VHF, is a USA-based Amateur Radio magazine that caters to
Amateur Radio development and operations at VHF frequencies and above. The
paper and photos were submitted and will be published in the winter edition
of CQ VHF.
To view the paper, see:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/Phase 2 AGM03Final.pdf
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