Hello, finally the great day is arrived. On November 9 at 10:28 UTC the students of Istituto Comprensivo F. Negri of Casale Monferrato, north west of Italy will talk with Bill McArthur, the ISS Commander.
The preparation of the contact started on May 2004 with several meetings at the school with a total of 300 students.

Nov. 9 - 17:45 UTC:
Furtherwick Park School - Canvey Island
UK

and

Nov. 9 - 10:28 UTC:
Istituto Comprensivo F. Negri
Casale Monferrato - Italy

From AMSAT Sarex reflector:
Bill McArthur was active on voice during the 2012 UTC pass over Europe on Nov 3. He worked a couple of stations in the UK and one in Italy. He commented thiswas his first chance to work Europe. Earlier that day, McArthur spoke with students in Japan and answered 19
questions. This makes the 200th successful ARISS
school contact since the program began in Dec 2000. The crew has been and continues to be busy preparing for a spacewalk that is schedule for Nov. 7.
Kenneth - N5VHO

Hello All,

I just heard Bill Mc Athur calling CQ on Europe (03-11-2005).
Congrats to: M0DTS and IZ7EVR.
I was not good prepared for voice operation this pass so I did not make a contact.
You can hear my recording on
http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl/ISSAUDIO/iss031105.mp3

To all: DO NOT FORGET TO POST VOICE REPORTS!!!

73's Cor PD0RKC
http://www.flaps40.net/pd0rkc