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Illinois ISS school contact successfulOn Tuesday, March 6, students at Boulder Hill Elementary School in Montgomery, Illinois participated in an Amateur Radio on International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Twenty-three children from the Boulder Hill Radio Club were able to ask one question each of Sunita Williams, KD5PLB. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) servers (15 connections from six countries), as well as the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. Several newspapers covered the event. The Beacon News posted an article on its website. Several local dignitaries attended including the mayor of Oswego who
remarked, “A very impressive presentation. I ran a Summer Science
Camp in Naperville 203 Schools for 17 years until I retired last year
and wish we could have had this experience for our science campers since
our focus was on space travel and students built rockets and robots.
Your presentation was mentioned at this mornings's Rotary Club meeting
and we who were present applauded your efforts, your club's hard work,
and the students'/teachers' The School Superintendent also sent thanks “for bringing a very special, history making event to the kids and the community. I am certain our kids will never forget yesterday. I know I won’t.” Another thank you from the ARISS-Boulder Hill contact control operator
was posted to the ISS Fan Club webpage. See:
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