Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Oct 13 2022 22:54:24

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2346, for Friday, October 14th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2346, with a release date of
Friday, October 14th, 2022, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A never-before contact with Antarctica - from 
space! Lessons learned from Hurricane Ian -- and hams in Australia go 
bicycle-mobile for charity. All this and more, as Amateur Radio 
Newsline Report Number 2346, comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART


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ISS LOGS A QSO WITH STUDENTS IN ANTARCTICA

NEIL/ANCHOR: Who among us hasn't wanted to work Antarctica? Who among 
us has succeeded so far? Well now you can add to that list the name of 
astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS. John Williams, VK4JJW, opens this 
week's newscast with that report.

JOHN: Kjell [pronounced CHELL] Lindgren, KO5MOS, can enter Antarctica 
into the log of contacts for him and the ISS. This was the ultimate DX 
from space, in fact, as the US astronaut held a scheduled question-and-
answer session on Friday, October 7th, with students living on the 
Esperanza Antarctic base, an Argentine research station on the frozen 
continent. For the contact, the astronaut used the callsign OR4ISS. 
This unprecedented ARISS contact was accomplished with the help of 
ON4ISS, AMSAT Belgium, which provided a Telebridge. According to 
various websites, there are 16 students enrolled in the school and they 
range in age of 3 to 21. The school, which has two teachers, was 
established in 1978,

One student, apparently feeling a kinship about the relatively remote 
locations on both sides of the QSO, asked the astronaut: [quote] "An 
Icebreaker ship brought us here. How did you get to the International 
Space Station?" [endquote] Acknowledging the similiarity of their 
desolate environments, the astronaut said [quote] "you are explorers in 
your own right." [endquote] He also accepted the students' invitation 
to visit someday. The best followup to this kind of first-time DX would 
naturally be an eyeball QSO to remember. 

This is John Williams, VK4JJW.

NEIL/ANCHOR: To hear the QSO between the ISS and the Antarctic base 
students, follow the link in the text version of this week's script at 
arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT ONLY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprWFFaLUBc ]

(AMSAT ARGENTINA, YOUTUBE)

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APPLY NOW FOR CONTACTS WITH ASTRONAUTS IN 2023

NEIL/ANCHOR: Is there a contact with the ISS in your future? The window 
of opportunity is still open and Paul Braun, WD9GCO, tells you how to 
help make it happen.

PAUL: If you've ever wanted a radio contact with someone aboard the 
International Space Station, and haven't had one yet, 2023 might just 
be your year. Teachers and other educators have until November 13th to 
submit a proposal to ARISS for a scheduled contact that would be set up 
between July 1st and December 31st of next year. ARISS is looking for 
educational institutions with a formal curriculum that could easily 
integrate this kind of space-related amateur radio communication.

The contacts usually last 10 minutes, and take place as a question-and-
answer format between the students and the astronauts.

For additional details, follow the ARISS link in the text version of 
this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT ONLY: 

https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/ ]

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
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