An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Hampton Bays Middle School, Hampton Bays, New York on 25 February. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1357 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and W2AMC. The contact should be audible over most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

The Hampton Bays School District serves a small community nestled on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island, 125 miles from New York City. The students who will be asking questions have been picked from among those who participated in an essay contest. Their curriculum includes topics on the solar system and space exploration.

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the 1 Circolo Didattico G.Marconi, Casamassima, Italy on 25 February. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0750 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations ON4ISS and IZ7EVR. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

The II° Didactic Center "Marconi" in Casamassima di Bari (BA) includes one Primary School and two Nursery Schools. We have more than 800 pupils and a teaching staff composed by 70 teachers, directed by the headmaster, Mrs. Rita Rosaria Gagliardi. Our Primary School have multimedia and scientific laboratories, while our pupils have an active role in a number of projects, which make them experience Science, Music, Dance, Theatre, Physical Education and more.

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Chatham Public School, Taree, NSW, Australia on 25 February. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0732 UTC.

The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and K6DUE/3. The contact should be audible over eastern N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Audio from the contact should also be available via the AMSAT conference on EchoLink and via the 9010 Discovery reflector on IRLP. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Upcoming Simulated Contacts
3. South Park Students Speak with ISS
4. Salluit Students Question Astronaut via Radio
5. Erie Planetarium Contact Successful
6. SuitSat-2 Meeting Held
7. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
8. ARRL Letter Article on Dieter Schliemann
9. German School Contact Update

1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Oregon City Schools, Fassett Middle School in Oregon, Ohio. The ARISS program was incorporated into the curriculum as students studied the positions and motions of objects in the universe, matter and gravity. The students learned about how the universe has been explored and studied how technology affects the quality of life. A contest was held to determine the questions to be asked of the astronaut. The contact will take place on Monday, February 23 at 14:35 UTC. Audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101377) and JK1ZRW (277208) servers.

Hello my ham radio friends, I'm Pavel Milanes Costa, CO7WT, and try to contact the ISS on Saturday, February 21, 2008 at approximately 18:40z I even hear the QSO between NA1SS and XE1MEX.

But when NA1SS talked about a Cuban ham and our beautiful beaches... unfortunately the QSB trick me and I only had FM QRM on my FT-23r, the LOS hit me...