Astronaut Bill McArthur, KC5ACR

Amateur radio contact on Youth Day

To celebrate Youth Day on Saturday, June 16, students in South Africa spoke with astronaut Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, via amateur radio.

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, arranged the contact with a few undergraduates and other students from a high school amateur radio club who had just earned their ham radio licenses a few days earlier.

The headmaster was pleased with the outcome and plans to promote Amateur Radio as a major support subject at the school.