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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>Hi BARS,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>On Wednesday, February 23rd, at 10:31 EST, there is a direct ARISS contact planned between students at the Sussex County Charter School for Technology in Sparta, NJ, and Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/KG5GNP/"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>KG5GNP</span></a> on the International Space Station.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>The astronaut’s downlink may be heard by listeners in New England as the satellite passes overhead. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>You can view the Livestream of the contact at the following link: <a href="https://youtu.be/dQpyK-uyzPU"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>https://youtu.be/dQpyK-uyzPU.</span></a> The Livestream will start at 9:50 AM EST.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>Several Nashua Area Radio Society members, Fred, <a href="https://qrz.com/db/AB1OC/"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>AB1OC</span></a>, Vince <a href="https://www.qrz.com/KD2TMJ/"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>KD2TMJ</span></a>, and Vince <a href="https://www.qrz.com/KD2VLQ/"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>KD2VLQ </span></a>have worked to make this contact happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>Here is the ARISS press release:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>February 21, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students at the Sussex County Charter School for Technology, Sparta, New Jersey and Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateur radio call sign KG5GNP. Students will take turns asking their questions. Local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. <b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ</span></b> and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the radio relay ground station.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>Amateur radio operators, using the call sign KD2YAQ, will operate the ham radio ground station for this contact. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:#FBFBFB;vertical-align:baseline;overflow-wrap: break-word;outline: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B'>The <b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>ARISS radio contact is scheduled for February 23, 2022 at 10:31 am EST (New Jersey),</span></b> (15:31 UTC, 9:31 am CST, 8:31 am MST and 7:31 am PST).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope some of you can listen in.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>Jon Turner </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>(AC1EV)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=93 height=96 style='width:.9666in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8281F.D17B5E10"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Nashua Area Radio Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Dayton Hamvention® 2019 Club of the Year<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'><a href="mailto:AC1EV@ARRL.NET">AC1EV@ARRL.NET</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Visit the club Website - <a href="http://www.n1fd.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.n1fd.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>