NASA, the US space agency, will assume more direct sponsorship of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program as an educational project. Among its activities, ARISS oversees the project that enables schoolchildren to speak via ham radio with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA also will embrace ARISSat as an educational project for the ISS National Lab. A reconfigured, yet-to-be-named education planning group will pick up the mission of the ARISS Communications Council (ACC).

How come some people haven't made a single contact while some others have made dozens?

If you are one of those who thinks that making multiple ISS contacts is a matter of having the right equipment or having some special skills I believe you should think again.

Here is why...

Hello All,

Probably a lot ham radio operators would like to copy/save the -
NA1SS Doug Wheelock Youtube Ham Radio video file direct to the harddisc.
Later you can copy the video file to an DVD disc.
I have found easy Youtube video download software on internet.
Its so easy you do not have to configure things just put the
youtube video link and start to download.
Download Youtube Downloader HD software from this website:
http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/download.html
Go to main downloads (choose a link to download).
After download install the software and run the software.

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