57 posts from 2008

Un rendez-vous ARISS est prévu pour l'Italie en ce jeudi 18 décembre. Ca tombe bien, je serai encore à la maison vers 13h10 et j'essayerai d'enregistrer ce nouveau contact. Ci-dessous le communiqué officiel avec les questions.

73's Jean-Luc

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN PORTO SANT'ELPIDIO, ITALY

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been
planned with participants at Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari",
Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy on 18 December. The event is scheduled to begin
at approximately 1210 UTC, which is 13.10 CEWT.

The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and I6KZR. The contact
should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to
listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to
conduct the conversation in English. 

The school "Gianni Rodari" is located in Porto Sant'Elpidio, a small town
in Southern Italy. It is situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, 50 km
away from Ancona and 30 km from the beautiful city of San Benedetto del
Tronto. "Gianni Rodari" is a big primary school including a kindergarten.
The school offers practical courses and projects such as the radio contact
with the International Space Station.

Another important and exciting project for the pupils is the construction
and test of the "coherer", the primitive radio signal detector. It was
invented by Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti, who demonstrated in experiments in
1884 through 1886 that iron filings contained in an insulating tube will
conduct an electrical current under the action of an electromagnetic wave.
This discovery was important for the later work of Sir Oliver Lodge,
Edouard Branly and Guglielmo Marconi in the development of the radio.
Onesti lived in Monterubbiano, a small village near the city of Porto
Sant'Elpidio.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. How are you?
2. What's your name and how old are you?
3. How long are you already onboard the ISS on this mission?
4. What do you feel during takeoff?
5. Are you afraid of anything during your stay onboard the ISS?
6. When did you decide to become an astronaut?
7. Did you have good marks at school?
8. What do you see right now when you look through the window of your
spaceship?
9. What exactly is a black hole?
10. Do you see any planet from the spaceship?
11. What does the spaceship inside look like?
12. Is it your first time in the spaceship?
13. What is the total size of the spaceship?
14. Do you sleep in a bed with sheets and blanket?
15. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
16. How many hours do you sleep per day? Do you sleep well?
17. What's your daily routine onboard up there?
18. Are you bored sometimes?
19. Are you homesick? What do you do when you feel like that?
20. Have you children?
21. Is it very hard living without gravity?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA,
and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating
countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the
International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see,
first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize
youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. 

73
Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

www.ariss-eu.org

Sandy Magnus KE5FYE a appelé sept ou huit fois fois et le suspens était à son comble lorsque la liaison a été établie. J'ai enregistré la voie descendante toute à l'heure (après le marché) depuis ma station en JN13RP10.

Merci à Michel F9DX pour le TM-255E qu'il m'a cédé à prix OM, soit à peine plus que le QSJ du TCXO qui fait défaut dans le FT-857D.

Vous avez les questions un peu plus bas. Prochain contact vendredi.

73 QRO de Jean-Luc F4FDP ;-D

Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus talked by ham radio with students from Marco Polo secondary school in Grado, Italy.

1 ETSA C4 et 4 IRCs pour le diplôme anniversaire
Plus d'infos sur le bureau européen des QSLs ARISS

J'ai pu écouter et enregistrer le rendez-vous de ce mercredi ;-) JLuc

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN GRADO, ITALY

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact contact has been
planned with participants at Istituto  Comprensivo Marco  Polo, Grado, Italy on 
Wednesday 10 December 2008. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 
10.11 UTC, which is 11.11 CEWT (Continental European Winter Time).

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and IV3YZB. The contact should be 
audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 
145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in 
English. 

Grado is a little town, located on the northernmost coast of the Adriatic Sea, 
80km east of Venice, between the rivers Isonzo and Tagliamento. It has a remarkable 
history: it was under the Roman Empire, it defended the inhabitants against Attila in 
452 AD, it became Austrian after the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797 and again Italian 
after the 1st World War. Today, Grado has 8600 inhabitants and the economy is based on tourism and fishing
industry. The Marco Polo is a secondary school but it includes also a primary school. 
550 students attend the school.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 

1. How many spacesuits do you have onboard and what kind of spacesuits do you use for 
the extra-vehicle-activities? 
2. How much time can you stay outside during an EVA? 
3. Do you use spacesuits equipped with rockets to move around the ISS? 
4. Were you instructed to repair all the stations equipment? 
5. How much time would it take to change the ISS orbit in order to avoid an impact 
with space debris? 
6. What kind of experiments are you doing during this mission and what are they 
useful for? 
7. How many experiments are you supervising every day? 
8. Is every astronaut trained just for special tasks or can everybody do everything 
onboard? 
9. What repair parts do you have on board? 
10. For how much time does the ISS air supply last? 
11. Do you think that you will participate in the assembling of another space station 
in the future? 
12. What is the brightest area you can see from up there? 
13. What is the temperature inside the station? 
14. Do you think that in the future even common people could live in Space?
15. Do you always watch the stars and constellations in your spare time? 
16. How much time does it take to build the Space Shuttle? 
17. Will there be a permanent station on the moon and on Mars in the future? 
18. What is the space station and the Space Shuttle made of? 
19. What happens if the spacesuit tears during an EVA? Do you have a repair
tool with you for these incidents outside the spaceship?
20. How do you feel in Space? 

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating 
space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT 
and IARU organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio 
by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. 
Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers 
on ISS can energize youngsters'interest in science, technology, and learning. 

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN MOLA DI BARI, ITALY

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been
planned with participants at 2 Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di
Bari, Italy on 12 December. The event is scheduled to begin at
approximately 14.18 UTC, which 15.18 CEWT.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and IZ7EVR. The contact
should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to
listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are
expected to conduct the conversation in English. 

The Didactic Center "San Giuseppe" is located in Mola di Bari, a city in
Southern Italy. The school center includes two primary schools and three
kindergartens. There are more than 800 pupils and 70 teachers. The
primary schools have multimedia facilities and scientific laboratories. The
pupils play an active role in a numerous projects, they gain experience on
music, dance, theatre, physical education and more.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 
1. How do you feel in Space?
2. How many satellites are flying in the Earth's orbit?
3. How do you rest onboard the ISS?
4. What studies are necessary to become an astronaut?
5. Which tools do you use when you work outside the ISS?
6. Can you see the hole in the ozone layer from the ISS?
7. How is the junction between two spaceships made?
8. Why do you have zero gravity in Space?
9. Have you ever seen anything strange outside the ISS?
10. What do you see at this moment when you look through the window of the
ISS?
11. How do you wash yourself?
12. Do you see any planet from the ISS?
13. How do you communicate with your family?
14. How do you spend your free time?
15. How do you carry out chemical experiments without gravity?
16. Is it fun to live onboard the ISS?
17. How do you cook your food without gravity?
18. How long does it take from Earth to the ISS?
19. How is the spacesuit made of?
20. What is the temperature inside the ISS?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA,
and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating
countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the
International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see,
first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize
youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. 

73, 

Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

www.ariss-eu.org

Pendant un mois environ, la station radio embarquée à bord de l'ISS va fonctionner à plein régime sur les fréquences habituelles. Je vous livre le message de Franck KA3HDO.

Il y a eu 25 ans cette semaine, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, écrivait une page d'histoire en devenant le premier opérateur radio-amateur actif depuis l'espace. Ce vol historique, Owen l'a effectué pendant la mission STS-9 à bord de la navette spatiale Columbia qui a été lancée le 28 novembre 1983 et qui s'est posée le 8 décembre 1983.
L'aventure radioamateur d'Owen durant STS-9 a marqué le début d'une série d'activités de sensibilisation qui continuent aujourd'hui avec le programme ARISS. Beaucoup d'entre-vous se rappellent cette première série de contacts avec lui. Ces premiers contacts ont permis à chacun d'entre nous de partager l'excitation de l'exploration spatiale par le biais d'un témoin oculaire direct. L'expérience radio-amateur d'Owen à permis à celles et ceux qui ont volé par la suite sur la navette spatiale, la station MIR et maintenant avec la station spatiale internationale (ISS) de partager leur voyage d'exploration. Richard W5KWQ, le fils d'Owen, a repris le flambeau il y a juste un mois en devenant le premier opérateur radio-amateur de la seconde génération à parler avec la communauté depuis l'espace. Quel autre loisir que la radio d'amateur permettrait la concrêtisation de voies de communications pour les voyageurs de l'espace au-delà même des agences spatiales internationales ou des chefs d'Etat ?
Pour fêter ce 25ème anniversaire, l'équipe ARISS a prévu de planifier un ensemble d'évènements au cours des mois de décembre et janvier. Un certificat spécial a été mis au point pour ceux qui communiquent avec l'ISS (que ce soit avec l'équipage, le digipeater, ou le transpondeur) ou encore la réception d'images SSTV et celle de la voix. Quelques évènements sont décrits ici avec quelques "surprises" planifiées pendant le mois que devrait durer cette fête. Les surprises seront annoncées une fois que nous serons prêts pour les réaliser.

Ci-dessous ce qui est d'ores et déjà planifié:

Du 1er au 5 décembre - En plus des contacts avec les écoles et du trafic en APRS, nous prévoyons de placer le système radio dans la fonction transpondeur. Il utilisera le mode standard U/V en faible puissance.

Du 7 au 12 décembre - Nous ferons un essai en packet à 9600 bauds sur la fréquence simplex 145.825 Mhz.

Du 14 au 19 décembre - Nous abaisserons la vitesse à 1200 bauds sur 145.825 Mhz afin de permettre le double hop.

-- Et de temps en temps, particulièrement les week-ends, vous pourrez voir de la SSTV si l'équipage est disponible.

Nous donnerons d'autres informations très bientôt. Nous rappelons à tous que les contraintes de vol relatives aux sorties extra-véhiculaires peuvent necessiter que la radio soit éteinte pendant une partie de cet emploi du temps. Les contacts avec les écoles et les opportunités de QSO par l'équipage ne sont possibles que pendant une courte période de temps.
(Mais souvenez-vous que si vous les entendez, vous êtes quand même qualifié pour le certificat commémoratif).

En attendant, profitez des opérations ARISS ! Et félicitations à Owen Garriott, W5LFL, pour le 25ème anniversaire de son vol historique!!

73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman
Traduction F4FDP

25 YEARS OF AMATEUR RADIO OPERATIONS FROM SPACE

Twenty-five years ago this week, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, made history by being the first amateur radio operator to talk to hams from space.  Owen's historic flight on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission was launched on November 28 and landed on December 8, 1983.  Owen's ham radio adventure on STS-9 ushered in a host of outstanding outreach activities that continue today with the ARISS program.  

Many will recall that first set of contacts and downlinks with Owen. Those first contacts allowed each of us to share the excitement of space exploration through Owen's first-hand eyewitness accounts.  Owen's ham radio legacy enabled space travelers that have flown on the Space Shuttle, the Space Station Mir and now the International Space Station to share their journey of exploration.  And Owen's son Richard, W5KWQ just a month ago carried the torch further to become the first 2nd generation amateur radio operator to talk to hams from space.  What other hobby, except amateur radio, could or would open the communications lines of space travelers beyond that of the space agencies or international heads of state ?

To celebrate our 25 years of amateur radio operations from space, the ARISS team has planned a set of special event opportunities during the month of December and part of January.  A special certificate is being developed for those who communicate with the ISS, either 2-way direct (with the ISS crew, the digipeater, or cross band repeater), or 1-way reception of SSTV or voice downlink.  Several events will be described here with several "surprises" planned over the month-long celebration.  The surprises will be announced once we are prepositioned to accomplish them.

Specifically, the following is being planned in the near-term:

---December 1-5--in addition to school contacts and APRS digi operations, we plan to configure the radio system for cross band repeater operations.  This will utilize the standard U/V operations in low power mode.
---December 7-12 we will run a test of 9600 baud packet operations on the simplex frequency 145.825 MHz.
---Given that PCSAT should be in full sun starting December 9, December 14-19 we will switch to 1200 baud packet on 145.825 to support double hop opportunities.
---And at times, especially during the weekends, you might see some SSTV operations if the crew is available.

We will provide more updates in the near future.  We would like to remind everyone that ISS flight requirements related to EVA and vehicle activity may require the radio to be off for some portion of this schedule. And school contacts and general QSO opportunities by the crew will also preempt this schedule for short periods of time.  (But remember that if you hear these, you still qualify for a commemorative certificate).

In the meantime, enjoy the ARISS ops on ISS!  And congratulations to Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the 25th anniversary of his historic flight!!

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman

Voici les prédictions de passage pour l'ISS en heure locale jusqu'au 12 décembre. Elles sont valables avec précision sur les prochaines 96 heures. Je les remettrais à jour bientôt. Il s'agit ici des passages dont l'élévation est supérieure à 20° au dessus de l'horizon héraultais.

Upcoming passes for ARISS
Observer: Clermont L'Hérault,
LAT:43,60 LON:3,46 JN13RP
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                        AOS             TCA                         LOS                   Duration  Max El  AOS Az  LOS Az
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 2008/12/08 11:51:09  2008/12/08 11:56:01  2008/12/08 12:00:54  00:09:44   47,08  223,64   62,39
 2008/12/08 13:26:43  2008/12/08 13:31:29  2008/12/08 13:36:15  00:09:31   27,49  265,70   53,60
 2008/12/08 16:38:44  2008/12/08 16:43:31  2008/12/08 16:48:18  00:09:34   28,78  304,64   94,09
 2008/12/08 18:14:05  2008/12/08 18:18:57  2008/12/08 18:23:48  00:09:43   42,88  297,86  138,25
 2008/12/09 12:17:57  2008/12/09 12:22:52  2008/12/09 12:27:47  00:09:49   54,15  247,37   55,55
 2008/12/09 17:05:35  2008/12/09 17:10:31  2008/12/09 17:15:27  00:09:52   67,26  302,93  116,70
 2008/12/10 11:09:29  2008/12/10 11:14:23  2008/12/10 11:19:17  00:09:47   55,33  226,80   60,65
 2008/12/10 12:45:09  2008/12/10 12:49:54  2008/12/10 12:54:38  00:09:28   25,68  268,13   55,62
 2008/12/10 15:57:06  2008/12/10 16:01:55  2008/12/10 16:06:43  00:09:37   31,10  304,68   96,72
 2008/12/10 17:32:28  2008/12/10 17:37:17  2008/12/10 17:42:06  00:09:37   36,73  296,84  141,52
 2008/12/11 11:36:19  2008/12/11 11:41:13  2008/12/11 11:46:07  00:09:48   47,88  250,14   56,05
 2008/12/11 14:48:31  2008/12/11 14:53:09  2008/12/11 14:57:46  00:09:15   20,37  302,88   79,79
 2008/12/11 16:23:55  2008/12/11 16:28:51  2008/12/11 16:33:47  00:09:52   77,20  302,41  119,77
 2008/12/12 10:27:45  2008/12/12 10:32:40  2008/12/12 10:37:34  00:09:48   64,94  229,87   59,84
 2008/12/12 12:03:31  2008/12/12 12:08:14  2008/12/12 12:12:56  00:09:25   24,15  270,46   55,84
 2008/12/12 15:15:24  2008/12/12 15:20:13  2008/12/12 15:25:03  00:09:38   33,81  304,63   99,33
 2008/12/12 16:50:47  2008/12/12 16:55:33  2008/12/12 17:00:20  00:09:32   31,69  295,74  146,24
 2008/12/13 09:19:39  2008/12/13 09:24:17  2008/12/13 09:28:54  00:09:15   22,70  207,20   67,18
 2008/12/13 10:54:36  2008/12/13 10:59:29  2008/12/13 11:04:22  00:09:46   42,79  252,83   54,60
 2008/12/13 14:06:48  2008/12/13 14:11:27  2008/12/13 14:16:06  00:09:17   21,28  303,37   84,23
 2008/12/13 15:42:10  2008/12/13 15:47:06  2008/12/13 15:52:02  00:09:52   88,15  301,83  122,98
 2008/12/14 09:45:57  2008/12/14 09:50:53  2008/12/14 09:55:49  00:09:51   75,60  232,86   59,10
 2008/12/14 11:21:48  2008/12/14 11:26:29  2008/12/14 11:31:10  00:09:22   22,85  272,72   53,98
 2008/12/14 14:33:37  2008/12/14 14:38:28  2008/12/14 14:43:18  00:09:41   37,02  304,52  102,02
 2008/12/14 16:09:02  2008/12/14 16:13:45  2008/12/14 16:18:27  00:09:25   27,51  294,57  148,04
 2008/12/15 08:37:45  2008/12/15 08:42:26  2008/12/15 08:47:08  00:09:23   25,99  210,51   67,66
 2008/12/15 10:12:50  2008/12/15 10:17:41  2008/12/15 10:22:33  00:09:43   38,64  255,44   55,54
 2008/12/15 13:24:59  2008/12/15 13:29:40  2008/12/15 13:34:20  00:09:20   22,32  303,77   84,17
 2008/12/15 15:00:21  2008/12/15 15:05:16  2008/12/15 15:10:12  00:09:50   80,43  301,19  125,98
 2008/12/16 09:04:06  2008/12/16 09:09:02  2008/12/16 09:13:58  00:09:52   86,66  235,76   58,44
 2008/12/16 10:40:00  2008/12/16 10:44:40  2008/12/16 10:49:20  00:09:19   21,74  274,88   54,27
 2008/12/16 13:51:45  2008/12/16 13:56:38  2008/12/16 14:01:30  00:09:44   40,82  304,35  106,03
 2008/12/16 15:27:12  2008/12/16 15:31:51  2008/12/16 15:36:30  00:09:17   24,01  293,32  153,29
 2008/12/17 07:55:46  2008/12/17 08:00:31  2008/12/17 08:05:16  00:09:30   29,81  213,78   66,27
 2008/12/17 09:30:59  2008/12/17 09:35:49  2008/12/17 09:40:39  00:09:40   35,22  257,97   55,41
 2008/12/17 12:43:06  2008/12/17 12:47:48  2008/12/17 12:52:30  00:09:23   23,51  304,10   88,55
 2008/12/17 14:18:28  2008/12/17 14:23:22  2008/12/17 14:28:17  00:09:49   69,57  300,49  128,78
 2008/12/18 08:22:09  2008/12/18 08:27:06  2008/12/18 08:32:02  00:09:52   82,14  238,59   57,85
 2008/12/18 09:58:08  2008/12/18 10:02:47  2008/12/18 10:07:25  00:09:16   20,79  276,96   54,64
 2008/12/18 13:09:49  2008/12/18 13:14:42  2008/12/18 13:19:36  00:09:46   45,34  304,11  107,53
 2008/12/18 14:45:18  2008/12/18 14:49:53  2008/12/18 14:54:27  00:09:08   21,04  292,01  154,71
 2008/12/19 07:13:44  2008/12/19 07:18:32  2008/12/19 07:23:20  00:09:36   34,27  216,95   63,64
 2008/12/19 08:49:03  2008/12/19 08:53:53  2008/12/19 08:58:42  00:09:39   32,39  260,43   55,38
 2008/12/19 12:01:09  2008/12/19 12:05:52  2008/12/19 12:10:35  00:09:26   24,88  304,35   88,74
 2008/12/19 13:36:29  2008/12/19 13:41:23  2008/12/19 13:46:17  00:09:47   59,76  299,74  132,24
 2008/12/20 07:40:09  2008/12/20 07:45:06  2008/12/20 07:50:02  00:09:53   72,12  241,34   57,34
 2008/12/20 12:27:48  2008/12/20 12:32:42  2008/12/20 12:37:37  00:09:48   50,74  303,81  111,22

Le week-end dernier nous avons effectué notre recyclage secourisme. Le temps passe et dix huit mois se sont écoulés depuis la précédente formation avec les spécialistes de la croix blanche.

Le Radio Club de Béziers "Les Emetteurs Biterrois" - activera l'indicatif TM7X dans le cadre des échanges culturels franco-algériens de Béziers sur le Thème " Regards sur l'Algérie d'aujourd'hui" du 18 Novembre au 2 Décembre. F6KEH s'associe ainsi aux activités de l'Association France Algérie de Béziers qui présente les oeuvres d'artistes algériens. Hakim Abbaci (peintre), Areski Metref (écrivain et journaliste), Djilali Bencheik (écrivain). L'inauguration officielle de l'exposition aura lieu le mardi 18 novembre à 18 heures à la maison de la vie associative et l'activation débutera sur 40 et 80m. Elle se poursuivra ensuite sur toutes les bandes et dans tous les modes en fonction de la propagation ;-)

SPECIAL EVENT CALLSIGN FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH 7X (11th November – 2nd December 2008)

A la demande générale voici un extrait un peu plus long de l'échange entre Claude F5AYZ et Léopold FX0STD.

Richard, W5KWQ, s'est posé au Kazakhstan le vendredi 24 Octobre 2008 à environ 9h36 locale
et y a retrouvé son père Owen, W5LFL. Ils sont les premiers "astrocosmonautes" de père en fils.

Ils sont retournés à la cité des étoiles près de Moscou cette après-midi pour un contrôle
médical et il s'agit de la première interview donnée par Richard. Elle nous est transmise
par Owen à l'intention de la communauté des radioamateurs.

MESSAGE DE RICHARD GARRIOTT

"Durant mon vol, j'ai eu la grande opportunité de parler directement
avec des centaines de radioamateurs tout autour du monde. Ce fut pour moi une joie inattendue de trouver tellement d'amateurs enthousiastes si bien informés et interessés par mes activités en orbite.

Lorsque j'ai débuté mes transmissions d'images SSTV incluant des messages "pirate", des tests de formes et des images familiales, je ne pouvais pas savoir comment celles-ci seraient reçues. Mais il semble que les membres de la communauté amateur aient réellement apprecié de me voir commencer ainsi mon séjour à bord de la station spatiale internationale (ISS). Tout au long de mes 10 jours à bord de l'ISS, j'ai essayé de trafiquer en phonie ou en SSTV le plus souvent possible.

Après une centaine de QSOs, j'ai réalisé à quel point la communauté constitue un réseau bien organisé. J'ai reçu des reports spécifiques via le centre de contrôle moscovite à propos d'aspects techniques de mon travail et pour me dire combien mes transmissions étaient appréciées. Ceci a redoublé mon enthousiasme à faire du travail de qualité pour l'ensemble des radioamateurs tout autour du monde et m'a permis de comprendre ce que cela représentait pour ceux avec qui j'ai eu la chance de parler. Plus tard durant mon vol, j'avais contacté des centaines d'amateurs en phonie et j'ai de bons enregistrement de ces contacts.

Enfin, j'ai envoyé quelques images "Au Revoir" mon dernier jour dans l'espace. J'ai aussi contacté de nombreux opérateurs qui avaient écouté ou contacté mon père alors qu'il était dans l'espace il y a 25 ans. J'ai contacté certains amateurs jusqu'à 4 fois durant mon vol.

Durant ces derniers jours à bord, j'ai été touché par tous ces messages me souhaitant un 'atterissage très doux' de la part notamment de classes pleines d'écoliers. La communauté amateur a grandement contribué à mon sentiment personnel de réussite durant mon vol. Je peux seulement souhaiter que vous l'avez apprécié autant que ce fut le cas pour moi.

Merci beaucoup et 73

Richard, W5KWQ"

Traduction F4FDP
"La terre est le berceau de l'humanité, mais on ne passe pas sa vie entière dans un berceau" Константин Эдуардович Циолковский Constantin Tsiolkovski

ARISS International Chairman Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, has posted an email he received on Tuesday from Owen Garriott, W5LFL.

I received the following e-mail today [Tuesday] from Owen Garriott, W5LFL and wanted to share this with the Amateur Community. Please post this and pass it to others in the amateur radio community, as appropriate.

73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARISS International Chairman

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Richard, W5KWQ, landed in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 October 2008 at about 0936 local time and was met there by his father Owen, W5LFL.

They became the first American "second generation" father/son combination to have both flown in space and the first cosmonaut/astronaut-trained pair in the world.

They returned to Star City near Moscow that afternoon for medical evaluation and this is the first interview provided by Richard the very next day. It is transcribed and delivered by Owen to the ham community.

"On my recent flight I had the great opportunity to speak directly with and trade call signs with hundreds of hams around the globe. For me it was a unexpected joy to find so many enthusiastic hams, who were so well informed and interested in my activities in orbit.

When I began my transmissions with pre-planned SSTV images including "pirate messages", test patterns and family images, I did not know how they would be received. But it seemed that fellow hams really enjoyed seeing this beginning to my time on the International Space Station (ISS). Throughout the bulk of my 10 days on the ISS I tried to be speaking by voice or transmitting SSTV images whenever possible.

After my first 100 or so QSOs, I understood how well "networked" the global ham community really is. I received specific reports back through Mission Control-Moscow about technical aspects of my work and how the community was enjoying the transmissions. This re-doubled my enthusiasm to do quality work for the amateur radio legions around the world as I realized how much it meant to those with whom I had the chance to talk. By late in my flight I had contacted many hundreds of hams by voice and I have good records of these contacts.

Finally I sent some "Goodbye" images on my last day in space. I also contacted many hams that had listened to or contacted my father from space 25 years ago. Some hams I contacted 2 to 4 times on my flight.

On those last days I was very moved when sent many "soft landing" messages from individuals and classrooms full of children as I passed by. The ham community has added greatly to my personal feelings of success on my flight.
I can only hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Thanks so much and 73, Richard, W5KWQ"