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Subj: ARISS Status
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From: CX7BY@CX7BY.MVD.URY.SA
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 039.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. February 8, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-039.03
1. School Contacts
On January 28, The King's School in Canterbury, England experienced a
successful ARISS contact with Mike Foale, KB5UAC. Twelve questions were
asked and answered. Students and teachers as well as the Lord Mayor of
Canterbury, the school's dignitaries, the RSGB and AMSAT UK representatives
were in the audience. Meridian TV, BBC TV, BBC Radio Kent, Invicta Radio,
and the Kent Gazette covered the contact, and broadcast the event in their
main news. The BBC World Service and the Press Association asked for
information and transcripts.
An ARISS contact has also been scheduled for James Bay Elementary School in
Houston, Texas. This contact will take place on February 4.
2.. ARISS International Teleconference
The ARISS International Team held a teleconference on Tuesday, January 20.
Agenda items discussed included the next face-to-face meeting to be held in
the Netherlands in March, 2004, and the Expedition 9 crew change which may
adversely affect school contacts if Leroy Chiao is not licensed before his
launch. Also discussed was a Packet User Service Agreement, which would
provide ground based Ham radio operators with guidelines on how to use the
ISS packet radio equipment.
3. Expedition 9 Commander May Obtain Amateur Radio License
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, who will be replacing William McArthur Jr., KC5ACR,
as commander of the Expedition 9 crew on the ISS, has expressed interest in
obtaining his Amateur Radio license. He will try to get through training
prior to the next Soyuz launch in April. His licensure and training are
critical to the continuation of the ARISS school contacts during the
Expedition 9 increment.
4. Phase 2 Radio System Engineering Checkout Passes
The ARISS team has been unable to schedule ISS Ham engineering passes for
the Kenwood radio system voice tests in early February due to the scheduled
Progress 13P docking and unpacking. The team is currently looking at the
weeks of February 16 - March 15 to schedule their tests. A procedure for the
tests has been written and will be uplinked to Mike Foale in the near
future.
ARISS Chairman Frank Bauer and other members of the ARISS team met at GSFC
on Saturday, January 17. The team worked on getting the radio station,
NN1SS, set up for the engineering passes.
[ANS thanks Carol Jackson for the above information]
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