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ARISS contact planned for school in Mid Wales, UK

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 08:07 AM PST
http://amsat-uk.org/2016/03/01/ariss...-mid-wales-uk/

Amateur radio equipment used for ARISS Tim Peake GB1SS contacts Credit
Phil Crump M0DNY

On Saturday, March 5, 2016, at approximately 10:55 GMT, an ARISS contact is
planned betweenÂ*astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS and Powys Secondary Schools
GB4PCS, Mid Wales, United Kingdom.

The International Space Station (ISS) signal will be audible over the
British Isles and Europe on 145.800 MHz FM and streamed live on the ARISS
Principia website.
Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS

School presentation:

Powys Combined Schools represent all secondary schools across the county of
Powys in Wales. With students from over 90 primary schools and 12 secondary
schools, we represent students from the age of 4 up to 18.

As Powys Combined Schools, we have a pool of some 7,700 students aged 11-18
and a similar number of 4-11 year olds in the primary schools.

Our goal is be to leverage our existing relationships with the primaries in
each secondary catchment area to organise a county wide event over the
months leading up to the ARISS contact. During which time workshops,
projects and activities aimed around STEM subjects would be run.



Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most
of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), and a small part of Denbighshire — an area
of 5,179 km² or 2,000 sq miles, making it the largest county in Wales by
land area. Most of Powys is mountainous, with north-south transport being
difficult.

The majority of the Powys population lives in villages and small towns. The
largest towns are Newtown, Ystradgynlais, Brecon, and Welshpool. Powys has
the lowest population density of all the principal areas of Wales.

Just under a third of the residents have Welsh linguistic skills: Welsh
speakers are concentrated mainly in the rural areas both in and around
Machynlleth, Llanfyllin and Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (where William Morgan
first translated the whole Bible into Welsh in 1588) in Montgomeryshire
(Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn), and the industrial area of Ystradgynlais in the
extreme south-west of Brecknockshire (Welsh: Sir Frycheiniog).
As part of his mission training Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB1SS learned how to use
the ISS amateur radio equipment

Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows.

1. Caitlin (aged 13): What training regime did you have to undertake in
order to prepare for your mission to the space station?

2. Emily (aged 13): What is your favourite study that you carrying out to
show what life is like in space?

3. Kelsey (aged 13): What objects in space can you see more clearly with
your eyes in space?

4. Amelia (aged 13): Can you describe the automatic systems on board the
ISS to keep you in your current orbit?

5. Callum (aged 11): What research are you currently working on?

6. Kit (aged 13): Do you ever feel sudden vertigo or claustrophobia whilst
you are up in space?

7. Wyn (aged 14): Do you feel your senses are any different in space
compared to being on the ground – for example is your sense of smell more
acute?

8. Edward (aged 15): On the Principia website, it says you are looking into
a range of research areas including novel materials. Can you describe a new
material you are working on?

9. Amy (aged 14): Can you describe what is meant by Fluid Physics and
describe any experiments you are conducting using Fluid Physics?

10. Gwen (aged 18): On one of your video reports, we can see you watching
the 6 Nations Rugby.Â* How can you have a better picture in space compared
to us here on earth?
Tim Peake GB1SS preparing for his space walk in January

11. Caitlin (aged 13): What inspires you to keep up the demanding physical
exercise routines in space?

12. Emily (aged 13): How long does do you expect it to take you to
acclimatise when you return to the earths surface?

13. Kelsey (aged 13): Of the objects you said that you can see with your
eyes, what specific detail is better from space?

14. Amelia (aged 13): How do you assess your muscular strength in space?

15. Callum (aged 11): Can you describe how you get into and leave the ISS
without losing any air?

16. Kit (aged 13): What is your favourite discovery you and the team have
made during your time in space so far?

17. Wyn (aged 14): How long does it take to prepare for a spacewalk??

18. Edward (aged 15): Picking one ‘novel material’, can you describe how it
would be used on earth?

19. Amy (aged 14): Of all the experiments you are carrying out on the human
body, which one has given you the biggest surprise in terms of results?

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

73, Gaston Bertels, ON4WF

ARISS mentor

ARISS Principia site https://principia.ariss.org/

UK ARISS scheduled schools

http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/03/all-u...now-scheduled/

What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/

A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby
that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started, see

http://rsgb.org/main/get-started-in-...ateur-radio-2/