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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
June 1, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Mahopac Public Library in Mahopac, New York has been scheduled for an Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, June 3
at 15:47 UTC. This contact will be facilitated by telebridge station ON4ISS in
Belgium. This school district public library serves six public and five
private schools, with a total of 26,485 served. The library will coordinate
this question and answer session with the Putnam Emergency Amateur Radio
League.
Kawanishi Seiwadai Community Center in Hyogo, Japan has been scheduled for an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday,
June 6 at 07:55 UTC. This question and answer session will be conducted in
Japanese. The community center was established in 1987 and serves the area's
5000 households. To prepare for the contact, children researched the ISS and
studied space and the global environment.
Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School in Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China has been
scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Thursday, June 11 at 08:24 UTC. The school is over 70 years old
with an enrollment of over 1000 students. An amateur radio club was
established at the school in 2007 and won the national youngster's amateur
radio contest that same year. Elective courses on amateur radio, space
technology and ARISS are offered to the students. Media coverage is planned
with newspapers, television and the internet.
Liceo Scientifico "A. Bafile" in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy has been approved
for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Friday, June 12 at 06:52 UTC. L'Aquila was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake
on April 6. The schools suffered major damage and students are now being
taught under school-tents provided by Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) and
by Civil Defense (DPC). Teachers have redesigned their educational proposals
in order to keep the attention of students that are still shocked by the
quake. Teachers believe that an ARISS school contact can give students a wider
look on their future.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
tentatively scheduled for Vrije Basisschool Terbank-Egenhoven in Heverlee,
Belgium on Friday, June 12 at 11:38 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in
Belgium. This elementary school will use the topic of space travel to pique
students' interest in science and technology. The school houses a science
classroom with 4 hands-on experiments related to physics, chemistry,
technology, and computer science that change every three weeks. Fifth and
sixth grade students participated in an electronics project and built small AM
radios. Technopolis, Scientastic and "Professor Atoom" in collaboration with
the University of Leuven Chemistry Department are providing scientific
activities for the children as well.
2. Miyahara Junior High has Successful ARISS Contact
On Tuesday, May 26 youth from Miyahara Junior High School in Saitama, Japan
participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact with JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA on the ISS. Wakata answered
nine questions prepared by the students and with extra time available,
answered two additional questions. Approximately 40 people were in attendance
at the event which was covered by a newspaper and two magazines.
3. ARRL Article on President's Award Recipient
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article on its Web site on past
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) chairman's ARRL
award. "Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Receives ARRL President's Award" may be found
at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/27/10838/?nc=1 There are
approximately 100,000 readers of the ARRL Web site.
The item also ran in the ARRL Letter (circulation of approximately 77,000).
See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0529/
4. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) picked up on a few Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) news items in its June 2009 issue of QST.
Under "In Brief" covering the month of May was a mention of Frank Bauer,
KA3HDO stepping down from his ARISS duties.
Under "Happenings" was an item about Frank Bauer stepping down from ARISS and
his successor.
5. Garriott Interviewed at Dayton
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, attended the Dayton Hamvention held May 15-17 and
gave several interviews on his ISS flight and amateur radio activities. One of
these interviews was with Ciprian Sufitchi, N2YO. This interview was
translated and placed on the Romanian amateur radio Web site. See:
http://www.radioamator.ro/articole/view.php?id=578
6. Astronaut Training Status
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team provided
training sessions on May 27 and 29 to prepare astronaut Doug Wheelock for his
amateur radio license exam. Wheelock is a scheduled crew member of Expeditions
24 and 25 and will fly in the spring of 2010.
7. CQ VHF Article on ARISS
Keith Pugh, W5IU wrote an article on the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) program that was published in the Spring 2009 issue of
CQ VHF. See: http://www.cq-vhf.com/Spr09Satellites.html
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