Dale High School and DeGolyer Elementary ARISS contacts

We had successful 'back to back' ARISS contacts at Dale High School in Dale, OK, and DeGolyer Elementary School in Dallas, TX, on Tuesday.

The Dale contact started out a little rough with a very high noise level giving us problems on the first couple of questions, but it got much better after that.

We completed 15 questions on the 20 degree pass before a crowd of 500 students, faculty, and guests. Dale Public Schools have a total enrollment of 700 and we had all of the students from grades 3 through 12 in the gymnasium for the contact.

There were two television stations from Oklahoma City, several newspapers, and CQ VHF Magazine represented. Coy
Day, ARRL West Gulf Division Director, and John Thomason, ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager, were both present.

After an 80 minute break, we listened to the DeGolyer Contact before tearing down. The same students that asked
the Dale questions read the DeGolyer questions while we were listening to the DeGolyer Contact. This was a "neat" climax to successful event.

The DeGolyer contact went off without a hitch before a crowd that filled the auditorium plus closed circuit TV to the rest of the school. DeGolyer completed 17 questions on their 35 degree pass.

The media was well represented and the Dallas ISD Video Production Crew did a documentary of this event including the Space Day activities that preceded it.

Jim Haynie, ARRL Past President, and Tom Blackwell, ARRL North Texas Section Manager, were present.

The DeGolyer Crew was able to listen to the Dale Contact prior to their event.


73 - Keith, W5IU

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