Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2052 for Friday, February 24, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2052, with a release date of Friday,
February 24, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams in the UK mark a broadcast station's birth
95 years ago. Australian amateurs receive honors from the navy -- and
there's big news for the International Space Station. All this and more,
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2052 comes your way right now.
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NEW AMATEUR RADIO ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
JIM/ANCHOR: This week's report opens with good news for the International
Space Station: They're expecting a special delivery. It's a new radio
that's been very much needed for several months now. Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Mike Askins, KE5CXP, with the story.
MIKE's REPORT: The newest amateur radio aboard the International Space
Station is on its way: It's an Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio, and it took
off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center with the launch of a
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, February 19th. Its mission? To replace
the Ericcson radio that failed aboard the space station several months
ago. The Ericsson will be used for contact with educational groups and
schools, and for amateur packet radio in the Columbus module.
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS' International Chairman, reports that the
Ericsson will be installed in the Columbus module, and will take the
place of the UHF radio that has been used in the meantime for some school
contacts and APRS packet. Frank announced in a statement that he believed
ARISS was making QUOTE "great progress on the development of the new
interoperable radio system that we hope to use to replace our aging radio
infrastructure in the Columbus module and the Service module." ENDQUOTE
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(ARISS)
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ARISS: BOOK EARLY, DON'T GET LOST IN SPACE
JIM/ANCHOR: If you're part of a school or other educational institution
that's hoping for student radio contact with the crew on board the ISS,
you'll want to plan ahead - but first you'll want to hear this report
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
NEIL'S REPORT: Educators and school officials have only until April 15
to apply for a chance to make radio contact with the International Space Station
in 2018. ARISS is already looking to book its crew's schedule
between January 1st and June 30 of next year. Applicant schools should
be able to engage large numbers of participants, and show how the radio
contact will be used as part of an overall education plan. As the
astronauts and cosmonauts answer questions about living and working in
space, students will also get to learn about space research, radio
science, satellite communication, and wireless technology. The contacts
over FM are expected to last about 10 minutes. If you need guidance
putting your application together, ARISS has information sessions online
which last about an hour. The next sessions will be on Monday, March 6,
at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, and Tuesday March 16th, at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
For further details, contact ARISS directly by emailing
ariss-at-ariss-dot-org (ariss@ariss.org)
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
(ARISS)
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