Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 01 2017 07:59 am
NEW ARISS COMMITTEE DOES ITS HOMEWORK
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: So, who's staying after school these days? The U.S.
Education Committee of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.
But, they're not in detention. Jim Damron, N8TMW, explains.
JIM: The International Space Station is many things, but to educators
and ham radio operators, it's first and foremost, a learning tool. Now,
the program has added the power of teachers, from the elementary through
college level around the country, to advise ARISS, and one another of
new ways to inspire kids: about space, about technology and yes, about
radio. They're part of a new committee, says ARISS secretary Rosalie
White, K1STO.
ROSALIE: "Ham radio is front and center, because we want these teachers
who have experienced using amateur radio in the classroom, from maybe
just now and then, to almost every week to be able to say, 'Well, this
program worked for me this year - two years ago I had a problem with
this program.' So, to me, amateur radio is front and center. STEM is
very important, and you can't go into a school and say 'I want to do
amateur radio' but I've always pictured the ARISS program as a friendly
high-tech way to get kids inspired toward amateur radio and science
both....It's a win-win for everyone."
JIM: Rosalie said the committee lets teachers do what they do best -
teach! - while tying in parts of their existing curriculum to the space
program, and firing up students' imaginations.
ROSALIE: Who better than educators to tell ARISS what can interest K
through 12 students and even through college -- to interest them in
amateur radio and science, technology, engineering and math -- and
what's better than talking to an astronaut via amateur radio, to inspire
K through 12, and even college students? So that's why [we have] the
committee, we want educators to tell us what's on their mind, what they
think would work in the classroom, and what they think the kids are
interested in.
JIM: The program has already facilitated more than 1,130 amateur radio
contacts between students and astronauts. With the addition of this
committee, the program hopes to connect these same students to a bright
future, too. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
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NASA KICKS OFF YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF MILESTONES
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The U.S. space agency has big plans to celebrate its
milestones via ham radio. Here's Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
PAUL: On Monday, the 11th of December, NASA has scheduled a launch for
an adventure, that's going to take the better part of a year to complete.
This event involves radios, not rockets. NASA On the Air, or NOTA, is the
year-long celebration of a variety of NASA milestones. Special event
stations, operated by ham radio clubs located at different NASA centers,
will be on the air, marking such milestones as the agency's 60th
anniversary, the 50-year anniversary of the first manned orbit around
the moon, and the two decades since the International Space Station's
first elements entered low-Earth orbit.
Even though most of the events happen next year, mark your December
calendars now: NOTA kicks off on the 11th of December, the 45th
anniversary of the day Apollo 17 touched down on the lunar surface.
It was the last of the agency's manned moon landings.
Successful contacts for all events will be sent commemorative QSL cards.
Hams can also expect to receive special certificates, noting each NASA
club station contacted - as well as where, and in what mode. There will
be a scoring system, with points awarded for each band and mode, whether
it is phone, digital, or CW, or even satellite, or meteor scatter. It
goes without saying, that contacts with Amateur Radio aboard the
International Space Station, definitely count!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
(NASA)
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AMATEUR RADIO GROUPS SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON DISABLED
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Disabled amateurs around the world are in the spotlight
again, as we hear from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY's REPORT: With the United Nations declaring Sunday, the third of
December to be the International Day of Persons with Disabilities,
amateur radio groups in IARU Region 1, will be making a special effort
again this year, to showcase what radio can do for the disabled.
Hams in Switzerland, Tanzania, and Norway, have signed on, to be on the
air, as have hams in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Club station E71AVW plans to
give special opportunities to members of the local club in Bosnia &
Herzegovina, who are blind and disabled. A commemorative QSL card will
be sent to hams who establish contact on the day.
Amateurs in Russia, who have been steady participants in the annual
event, planned to operate from two QTHs - from the club Radio Ana RA5R,
an association of young disabled amateurs Apparel, and from the Tambov
QTH of Vladimir Gerasimov, RA3RDT. The amateurs are devoting several
days to the operation, and are using the call sign R17IPHA, from the
first to the fifth of December.
The annual recognition day is set aside to recognize the rights and
strengths of individuals around the world who are disabled. It was
created in 1992, by the UN's General Assembly.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(IARU REGION 1)
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