Archive - Sep 12, 2007
Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA, Friday (Sep 14) 18:48 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA on 14 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:48 UTC.
The contact will be a Telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible along the western coastline of North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Westbrook Intermediate, one of 8 intermediate schools in Clear Creek Independent School District, is a 6th - 8th grade campus of almost 1500 students. Housed on the campus is the district's intermediate gifted and talented (GT) magnet, Webster Academy - Visions in Education, or WAVE. This GT magnet brings together over 500 gifted and talented students from across the district to participate in a unique program design. One of the opportunities available to WAVE students is an amateur (ham) radio license class. In partnership with the Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club, over 300 students have earned their ham radio license over the last 8 years. At any time, there are approximately 100 hams in attendance at the school.