[W8MWA] WVU ARC Scores a call to International Space Station!

[Spence Graham]

Eleven US Schools, Organizations Advance to Next Stage of ARISS Ham Contact
Selection
12/15/2016

ARRL and AMSAT — the US managing partners of the Amateur Radio of the
International Space Station (*ARISS* <http://www.ariss.org/>) program —
have announced that 11 schools or organizations submitting proposals have
been selected to advance to the next stage of planning to host scheduled
Amateur Radio contacts with ISS crew members next year. ARISS’s primary
goal is to engage young people in science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) activities and raise awareness of space exploration, radio
communications, and related areas of study and career possibilities.

ARISS anticipates that NASA will be able to provide scheduling
opportunities for these US host organizations during the second half of
2017. The 11 candidate schools/organizations must now complete an
acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the
ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS
technical team, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled
as their availability and flexibility match up with NASA scheduling
opportunities.

The schools and organizations are:

   - 2017 Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree, Glen Jean, West Virginia
   - Antietam Elementary School, Woodbridge, Virginia
   - Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island
   - Chiddix Junior High School, Normal, Illinois
   - Fleet Science Center, BE WiSE Program, San Diego, California
   - Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas, Texas
   - Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America, Kansas City, Missouri
   - Los Angeles Academy Middle School, Los Angeles, California
   - Meadows Elementary School, Manhattan Beach, California
   - South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, West Palm Beach, Florida
   - West Virginia University, Lane Department of Computer Science &
   Electrical Engineering, Morgantown, West Virginia.

-- 
73,

Spence

*Spencer W. Graham, II*
*WT8WV*
*73 Crosby Road*
*Morgantown, WV 26508*

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