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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 046.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. February 15, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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1.Articles on U.K. School Contact
Mike Foale, KB5UAC, generated much excitement over his January 28 ARISS
contact with The King's School. The BBC ran an article on Foale's contact,
entitled 'Old boy calls school from orbit.' To view the article, see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3441031.stm
The ARRL also ran an article on Foale's contact entitled, 'Foale Speaks via
Ham Radio to Students at his Alma Mater.'
See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/02/03/1/?nc=1
An audio recording of the contact is available on the ARISS-Europe website.
Go to: http://www.ariss-eu.org/. Under Archives, click entry 31/01/2004.
Video of the contact can be found at: http://www.g6lvb.com/kings/index.htm
2.Texas School Contact, a Big Success
James Bay Elementary School in Houston, Texas made contact with the ISS on
Wednesday, February 4. The students asked 18 questions, of which two of
these were asked by Mike Foale's son.
Audio of the contact is available at http://www.amsatnet.com/audio.html
The James Bay entry is located toward the bottom of the page.
3. Expedition 9 Crew Change
NASA announced a crew change for Expedition 9. Mike Fincke will replace
Leroy Chiao and will be the ISS science officer and flight engineer.
Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, will be the Expedition 9 commander. Fincke has
expressed interest in earning his Amateur Radio license prior to launch so
that he may participate in the ARISS Educational Outreach Program.
4. ARRL Article on Columbia Memorial
On February 3, ARRL ran a Web story about NASA dedicating a memorial to the
Columbia crew members entitled, "NASA dedicates memorial, Martian landmarks
to shuttle Columbia crew." See: http://www.remote.arrl.org/
5. Phase 1 Hardware Status
The ARISS team is taking additional steps to get the Phase 1 packet
capability fully operational again. Kenneth Ransom, of JSC, has drafted an
email to Mike Foale to inquire as to the status of the computer system on
the Phase 1 system in the FGB.
6. Phase 2 Radio System Engineering Checkout Passes
ARISS Russian delegate Sergej Samburov, RV3DR, reported that Engineering
Checkout tests were run during a pass over Russia on February 2. The ARISS
U.S. team is still working on scheduling its pass to checkout the Kenwood
Radio System.
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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