Ham radio to the station

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) had a report on monday evening
about a Toronto school having developped the ability to talk to the ISS.
a world first and on a small budget. In the end, it was mentioned it
was ham radio.

Isn't this something which the ISS crews have done from almost the start
of the station, allowing schools to talk to them with any regular ham
radio ?

Was was the event discussed by the CBC truly a world first with some new
technology ?

I doubt it, they had ham radio on Mir.
Its very handy to get rid of boredom I imagine as well.
They also have a 2M repeater on board as I've heard the downlink here in the
UK.
Maybe the Canadian station is cobbled together out of bits and pieces. It
would be very educational to make aerials for example. I learnt a lot obout
transmissiion lines impedence matching and how parasitic elements work doing
this.

Brian

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...
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) had a report on monday evening
about a Toronto school having developped the ability to talk to the ISS.
a world first and on a small budget. In the end, it was mentioned it
was ham radio.

Isn't this something which the ISS crews have done from almost the start
of the station, allowing schools to talk to them with any regular ham
radio ?

Was was the event discussed by the CBC truly a world first with some new
technology ?

Brian Gaff heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
I doubt it, they had ham radio on Mir.
Its very handy to get rid of boredom I imagine as well.
They also have a 2M repeater on board as I've heard the downlink here in the
UK.
Maybe the Canadian station is cobbled together out of bits and pieces. It
would be very educational to make aerials for example. I learnt a lot obout
transmissiion lines impedence matching and how parasitic elements work doing
this.

Brian

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"John Doe" wrote in message
...
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) had a report on monday evening
about a Toronto school having developped the ability to talk to the ISS.
a world first and on a small budget. In the end, it was mentioned it
was ham radio.

Isn't this something which the ISS crews have done from almost the start
of the station, allowing schools to talk to them with any regular ham
radio ?

Was was the event discussed by the CBC truly a world first with some new
technology ?

Check http://www.rac.ca/ariss/ and the answer is near...

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I doubt it, they had ham radio on Mir.
Its very handy to get rid of boredom I imagine as well.
They also have a 2M repeater on board as I've heard the downlink here in
the UK.
Maybe the Canadian station is cobbled together out of bits and pieces. It
would be very educational to make aerials for example. I learnt a lot
obout transmissiion lines impedence matching and how parasitic elements
work doing this.

Brian

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"John Doe" wrote in message
...
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) had a report on monday evening
about a Toronto school having developped the ability to talk to the ISS.
a world first and on a small budget. In the end, it was mentioned it
was ham radio.

Isn't this something which the ISS crews have done from almost the start
of the station, allowing schools to talk to them with any regular ham
radio ?

Was was the event discussed by the CBC truly a world first with some new
technology ?

"John Doe" wrote in message
...
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) had a report on monday evening
about a Toronto school having developped the ability to talk to the ISS.
a world first and on a small budget. In the end, it was mentioned it
was ham radio.

Isn't this something which the ISS crews have done from almost the start
of the station, allowing schools to talk to them with any regular ham
radio ?

I believe that this was also done on Mir and perhaps other Salyut stations.

http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/mirtv.html

Jeff
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My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson

John Doe wrote:

Was was the event discussed by the CBC truly a world first with some new
technology ?

No it wasn't a world first. Not even close.

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Oct 5th, 2004 JDL