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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi BARS members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=365 height=242 style='width:3.8in;height:2.5166in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D6FA1C.166F4EB0"> <img width=717 height=240 style='width:7.4666in;height:2.5in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D6FA1C.166F4EB0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>An <a href="http://www.ariss.org/">ARISS</a> contact is scheduled for this Friday, February 5th with students from the Ottawa Carleton District in Ottawa, ON, Canada. The contact will be a multipoint telebridge contact hosted by Fred Kemmerer, <a href="https://qrz.com/db/AB1OC/">AB1OC</a>. The astronaut is Mike Hopkins, amateur radio call sign <a href="https://qrz.com/db/KF5LJG/">KF5LJG</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The pre-contact program will begin around 12:20 pm local time and the ISS will come over the horizon at about 12:40 pm local time. You can listen to the downlink from the ISS on </span><em><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>145.800 MHz FM</span></u></b></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> and you can watch the pre-contact program and the contact on the ARISS YouTube channel via the following link –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxm5Ca2y0HD_NxXlZWXv11A">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxm5Ca2y0HD_NxXlZWXv11A</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I shared similar information of a past ARISS contact with BARS and heard the downlink myself in my mobile while on the road. There are different frequencies for uplink and downlink so it is only possible for the public to monitor the downlink. The ISS will be overhead in our area for this contact, so it will be easy to hear. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>One of the things I am doing now in ham radio is helping Fred Kemmerer, who is the President of the Nashua Area Radio Society, work with schools to make scheduled contacts with an astronaut on the International Space Station. Fred is a designated ARISS mentor for the US. ARISS is an organization that coordinates Amateur Radio activities on the International Space Station. I am currently assisting Fred behind the scenes with testing and setting up the ground infrastructure and internet connectivity needed to have students who are remote to their school have successful contacts with the ISS. We have a project underway with a school in Nashua for a contact in a few weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This is a link to the recent contact from RSU#21 in Maine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN70OpJFMgs&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN70OpJFMgs&feature=youtu.be</a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Here is a link to a report from a TV station about a contact from a few weeks ago with RSU#21 .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013JxlionCU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013JxlionCU</a><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Here are other links on the contact you may find interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2021/01/22/maine-students-talk-with-astronaut-on-international-space-station/">https://www.wabi.tv/2021/01/22/maine-students-talk-with-astronaut-on-international-space-station/</a><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/education/kennebunk-students-have-an-out-of-this-world-experience-talking-to-an-astronaut-aboard-the-iss/97-1a7a7bb5-19f9-4dbc-b353-e30b13c9f475">https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/education/kennebunk-students-have-an-out-of-this-world-experience-talking-to-an-astronaut-aboard-the-iss/97-1a7a7bb5-19f9-4dbc-b353-e30b13c9f475</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/22/sea-road-students-chat-long-distance-to-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station/">https://www.pressherald.com/2021/01/22/sea-road-students-chat-long-distance-to-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2021/01/22/sea-road-school-students-talk-astronaut-space/4175367001/">https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/york-star/2021/01/22/sea-road-school-students-talk-astronaut-space/4175367001/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope you find this interesting and are able to tune in to hear <span style='font-size:22.0pt'>Ha</span><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>m</span> <span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Rad</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>io</span> <span style='font-size:14.0pt'>From</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Space. </span>(Insert echo effect here).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73 and stay safe (sane, too)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jon Turner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AC1EV<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>