Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 19 2022 15:37:32

KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an 
astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a 
coastal town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite 
suddenly to the real thing. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has her story.

JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the 
call sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as 8-
year-old Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip to 
dreamland was short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, M0LMK, 
woke her suddenly so she could fulfill another dream while fully awake: 
A chance to talk with an astronaut via amateur radio during the short 
window of opportunity. Matthew, the holder of a Full licence, has been 
helping Isabella to study to become an amateur and both are members of 
the Hilderstone Radio Society.

Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote] 
"made my day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on 
Twitter that even though he has worked stations on all continents and 
spoken to many children through the Amateur Radio on the International 
Space Station programme, this short chat was probably his all-time 
favourite.

Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where 
her chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)

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