Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 20 2019 05:27 pm

MISSOURI MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CHAT WITH SPACE STATION

NEIL/ANCHOR: For students in Missouri here in the U.S., the lesson plan
for the day was a little loftier. On December 12th, students at Woodridge
Middle School in High Ridge, Missouri, contacted the International Space
Station. With teacher Thomas Layborn, KE0SGU, and the help of Brian N0KBA,
in St. Louis, a number of the students got to chat with NA1SS and astronaut
Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP. They asked about how weightlessness affects the
body, what happens to tears in space, and how water is recycled up there.
They also found out how an astronaut's long distance view of earth also
gives a long-range perspective. Here's what Luca told them:

[CLIP] Overall nowadays when I look at earth, I feel how fragile it is,
and I really want to leave it in good shape for your generation.
[END CLIP]

NEIL: Congrats to the kids on a successful ARISS contact! You can see a
video of the students during the QSOs, on the Woodridge Middle School's
Facebook page.

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SSTV OPERATION POSSIBLE FROM SPACE STATION IN LATE DECEMBER

NEIL/ANCHOR: The International Space Station has become an even busier
place this time of year. There's talk of a worldwide commemorative SSTV
operation on either the 27th or the 28th of December. Interested amateurs
are urged to follow @ARISS_status on Twitter, and to watch the AMSAT
bulletin board for status updates. The SSTV downlink frequency is 145.800
MHz. Hams on board include Dr. Andrew Morgan, KI5AAA, cosmonaut Alexander
Skvortsov, RK6ATR, and Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, whose contact you heard
moments ago, with the school kids in Missouri.

(ARISS)

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SERBIAN AMATEUR SHARES PACKET RADIO INSIGHTS IN INDIA

NEIL/ANCHOR: A leading player in Serbian amateur radio, has been delivering
some tutorials to hams in India. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has been following
that story.

GRAHAM: The secretary of the amateur radio union of Vojvodina in Serbia,
was the featured guest at a recent two-day workshop on amateur radio, held
by the National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad, India. Miroslav
Skoric, YT7MPB, has been visiting India's educational institutions and
attending conferences to conduct ham radio workshops. At the seminar on
December 12th and 13th, at the Vardhaman College of Engineering, in
Hyderabad (Hydra-BOD), he shared insights into packet radio communication,
his preferred mode of operation.

Ram Mohan, VU2MYH, director of the NIAR, said Miroslav has made repeated
visits to India delivering presentations, most especially to young people.
His December visit included an earlier presentation to more than 200
electronics and computer science undergraduates at GMRIT-RAJAM in Andhra
Pradesh. In Hyderabad, more than 100 undergraduates at Vardhaman College
heard from him, and Jayath Bhide, VU2JAU, who discussed emergency
communications. Both colleges have faculty members and students who are
licensed hams.

Miroslav was also present later at the IEEE-ANTS 2019 conference at the
prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Goa. With his
frequent trips to india, Ram told Newsline that Miroslav now has a VU3
amateur radio license pending issuance there.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(FACEBOOK, NIAR)

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