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...

NA1SS in QSO with W7JPI recorded on 2009.02.21 at 18:30 UTC from San Angelo, Texas, USA.

Audio File: 

2009.02.21_1830UTC_NA1SS-W7JPI.mp3