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Message from Bill McArthurAs Expedition 12 draws to a close onboard the International Space Station, a note of gratitude is due. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the world-wide amateur radio community for your participation in this great adventure. Clearly, one of the benefits for Amateur Radio is bridging the distances between us. Through your participation, you helped realize the potential for the human exploration of space to do exactly that. Thanks to you, over the past six months, the International Space Station has been more international than ever before. Together, we achieved many significant milestones from space, DXCC, WAC, WAS, and most importantly, 35 school contacts (as of March 21). Special thanks go to Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, without
whose tireless efforts to coordinate our activities onboard none of this
could have been achieved. Kenneth provided invaluable technical advice,
as well as raising the bar as I would also like to thank the ISS Fan Club for your enthusiastic support of ARISS. And personal thanks to Cor - PD0RKC in The Netherlands, Alain - IZ6BYY in Italy, Keith - ZS6TW in S. Africa, and Patrick - WD9EWK in Arizona for enlisting the participation of the stations we needed to meet the goals for Expedition 12. It is with no small degree of sadness to realize that soon I will no
longer be able to float to the aft part of the station, dial up our frequency
pair and call "CQ", knowing that a host of friends are waiting
to talk. Good luck to you all. Thank you, again, for your participation
in this greatest of all I look forward to listening as you continue your enthusiastic support of the International Space Station and, one day, human colonies on the Moon and Mars. 73 de NA1SS Bill McArthur, KC5ACR
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