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Old August 29th 07, 09:16 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy
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Default ISS School QSO over Nebraska USA 1603 UTC 145.8MHZ 8/29th

ARISS event - Ashland Greenwood High School, Ashland, Nebraska, USA
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has
been planned with students at Ashland Greenwood High School, Ashland,
Nebraska USA on 29 August. The event is scheduled to begin at
approximately 16:03 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and K0ASH. The
contact should be audible in most of the central United States.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz
downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and
EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in
English.

Ashland-Greenwood Public School has 879 students and is actively
engaged in providing a well rounded education.

The excitement has grown in the curriculum areas of science and space
because Astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, is a 1977 graduate of the
school.

Ashland, Nebraska, population 2,262, is located in southeastern
Nebraska between Lincoln, the state capitol, and Omaha. Principal
products are agriculture and light manufacturing.

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