[Mich VHF UHF Society] West Michigan Aviation Academy students talk to the space station..

[David DeVos]

Fantastic story and what a cool way for young people to be exposed to radio!


David DeVos
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> On Oct 24, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Tom <k8tb at bosscher.org> wrote:
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> And now for something VHF related, but in a different slant:
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> After 7 weeks of preparation,  and a one day delay, the students were
> able to ask the Japanese astronaut 20 questions about space.
> Here are two clips from TV13 and TV8.
> 
> Minor point. Both Doug Papay, KD8CAO and Mike Wolthuis, KB8ZGl were
> interviewed at length about amateur radio, and yet, neither TV station
> piece talks about amateur radio, just that the students used a "radio".
> 
> http://woodtv.com/2015/10/23/w-mi-students-chat-with-astronauts-aboard-iss/
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> http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/metro/2015/10/23/west-michigan-students-talk-to-astronaut-in-space/74482778/
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> Tom K8TB
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> P.S., A HUGE thank you to James, W8ISS, for the use of his call during this pass. Way cool to hear W8ISS calling NA1SS !
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