[QCWA] QCWA Ch91 member Maury Shumaker, W4HYB, speaks at an ARISS Event in Illinois

[Richard Rucker]

On Apr 9, 2006, at 7:56 AM, W4HYB at aol.com wrote:
>
> Good morning Dick.
>
> Thought you might get a kick out of a write-up and some pics of  
> this writer and ARISS contact back on the 28th of March.  Go to:   
> <http://www.w9az.com/> to view the pics and the write-up.  Click on  
> the BBCHS ARISS contact .
>
> 73,
>
> Maury

Maury,

Very interesting!  Thanks for forwarding the link.  I'll pass it on.

Dick, KM4ML


------------------ excerpts from the link above to whet your appetite  
for the full story and photos ------------------

"Contact with the International Space Station (ISS) from Bradley- 
Bourbonnais Community High School (BBCHS) a total success!   Tuesday,  
March 28...

"Kankakee Area Radio Society (KARS) education director Jim Schreiner  
(K9BIG) along with BBCHS's 15 question bearing students certainly  
shined today as a flawless ARISS* contact unfolded in front of a  
packed house of 600 plus students, faculty and members of the media.

"In addition, the entire school of nearly 2000 watched in the  
classrooms on the school cable channel. Comcast carried the contact  
live on cable channel 4."


Here's how QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91 member Maury Shumaker, W4HYB,  
fits into the story:

"A special additional feature was added when Jim invited Maury  
Shumaker W4HYB of Manassas, Virginia as guest speaker at the event.  
Maury, a past president of the Kankakee Area Radio Society and 1953  
graduate of BBCHS has driven in from his home in Virginia to speak to  
the school. Maury was the Vice-Director of the Space Shuttle  
Challenger accident investigation committee.

Maury gave an excellent talk on growing up in the Bradley -  
Bourbonnais school system, the teachers at BBCHS back then that  
helped inspire him as well as help him receive his ham radio license.  
Maury gave insight into the space shuttle and his involvement in many  
NASA projects over the years.

*ARISS = Amateur Radio on board the International Space Station