Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1962 April 24 2015
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1962 with a release date of
Friday, April 24, 2015 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1,
The following is a QST. An Australian ham radio floater balloon makes
a trip around the world; the FCC proposes new privacy rules for amateur
radio operators historical information; the 2014 CQ World Wide SSB
contest disqualifies some hams and warns others; Palmyra Atoll DX
operation announced for early 2016; Barbados warns CBers and hams not
to use excessive power and possibly the greatest selfie is taken by a
ham radio operator on the I-S-S. Find out who took it on Amateur Radio
Newsline report number 1962 coming your way right now.
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HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE: AUSTRALIAN FLOATER BALLOON CIRCUMNAVIGATES
THEGLOBE
After being released in Victoria Australia on Monday April 6th, a foil
party balloon called PS-41 has achieved the longest range in Project
Picospace and has circled the globe. This became official on Thursday
April 16th as PS-41 crossed 144.903 degree longitude marking a
completion of its epic voyage. Bryan Pliatsios, VK3GR, of the
WIA News reports:
--
[Bryan] The latest solar powered helium filled balloon PS-
41 launched by Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, on April 6, has an HF
payload, transmitting 25mW on the 30 meter and 20 meter
bands, sending WSPR spots and JT9 telemetry.
The high-attitude balloon PS-41 took a path over Tasmania,
then south of New Zealand, the southern tip of South
America, directly over the South Georgia and South Sandwich
Islands, well south of Africa, and back across to Australia.
While south of Tasmania, it abruptly changed course to be on
a southerly track, but it has encircled the globe.
Another balloon PS-42 made its way to the Southern Pacific
between New Zealand and South America. These have been
extensively tracked via JT9 by a network in VK, ZL, South
America and South Africa, and Ireland. WSPR spots have as
received all over the world.
--
[Anchor] In an earlier attempt, PS-42's sister balloon PS-30
went down on January 16th in suspected poor weather off the
east coast of Africa near Madagascar.
(VK3PC)
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RESCUE RADIO: NEW SPRATLYS INCIDENT DELAYS EMERGENCY
EVACUATION OF SICK HAM RADIO OPERATOR FROM PAG-ASA
The emergency medical evacuation of a sick amateur radio
enthusiast from Pag-asa Island was delayed for several days.
This after a Chinese naval vessel reportedly harassed a
Philippine Air Force patrol flight in the Spratly Islands on
Monday, April 20th forcing the cancellation of other flights
to the disputed territory.
Leo Almazan, WA6LOS, is a member of the Mabuhay DX Group.
He told InterAksyon.com they had gone to Pag-asa to set up
an amateur radio operation and to test a portable solar
power system in coordination with the Philippine Navy
Research and Development Center. They were also conduct a
small scale medical mission as one of their members is a
doctor.
However, over the weekend, one of the team members, Chito
Pastor, WW6CP, came down with a kidney infection from
drinking the highly saline local water after the supply of
drinking water the ham radio enthusiasts had brought with
them ran out. The morning of Monday, April 20th, Almazan
said the Philippine Navy was getting ready to send an
Islander aircraft to fly Pastor off Pag-asa for medical
treatment. However, the mercy flight was cancelled after a
Chinese frigate fired an illumination round on a military
patrol aircraft.
Almazan said that although the rescue aircraft was later
cleared to fly to Pag-asa on Wednesday morning, it developed
engine problems and would be delayed. He later said he had
received another message from Navy headquarters. It said
that a civilian aircraft has been cleared to fly the medical
mission. Pastor was successfully evacuated to Puerto
Princesa City on April 23rd.
This would be the latest in a long string of run-ins over
the Spratlys where China has embarked on an aggressive
reclamation and construction spree on disputed islands and
reefs. It follows an incident on April 13th where a Chinese
coast guard vessel fired water cannon on Filipino fishermen
near Scarborough Shoal.
(DO NOT READ: More is at
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/1...tlys-incident-
delays-emergency-evacuation-of-sick-ham-radio-enthusiast-
from-pag-asa)
(interaksyon.com)
**
RADIO LAW: FCC PROPOSING NEW PRIVACY RULES FOR AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The FCC has initiated a proceeding in WT Docket No. 15-81 to
amend its rules of organization. This as applied to amateur
radio licensee address information that is routinely
available for public inspection.
Specifically, the FCC proposes to revise its rules to
specify that past amateur radio licensee address information
will not be routinely available for public inspection. To
implement this change the FCC proposes to remove from public
view in the Universal Licensing System an amateur radio
licensee's address information that is not associated with a
current license or pending application. Current licensee
address information would remain public.
The FCC said in the Notice of Proposed Rule Making that it
believes these steps will enhance an Amateur Radio
operators' privacy and doing so without undermining the
public interest in knowing who is authorized to operate on
amateur spectrum.
The Commission is also seeking comment on whether this
approach should be extended to individual licensees in any
other Wireless Radio Services, such as the General Mobile
Radio Service, commercial radio operator licensees, and
individuals who hold ship station or aircraft station
licenses.
Comments on WT Docket No. 15-81 are due by June 16th. Reply
comments must be filed by July 16th.
(FCC)
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RADIOSPORTS: CQ WW SSB 2014 DISQUALIFICATIONS AND WARNINGS
The CQ World Wide Contest Committee has published a list of
those amateurs who were disqualified from the 2014 CQ World
Wide SSB contest or who received warnings for their
operation. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has the details:
--
[Bill] The CQ World Wide contest site carries a statement
that explains the action. It says and we quote:
"The CQ World Wide Contest Committee takes its job as
referee for the contest very seriously. Each year a group
of dedicated members spends many hours pouring over logs,
listening to S-D-R recordings, and following up on input
from the contest community. We do not always have perfect
information and it is difficult when each entrant is
operating from their own station without any outside
observer. Even so, the logs and recordings often tell us a
clear story. It is our job as referees to call them as we
see them."
The statement goes on to say that each disqualified entrant
will have been notified of the decision and given 5 days to
respond. This is to allow everyone the opportunity to
present an explanation of what appears in the log.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
in the newsroom in Los Angeles.
--
[Anchor] The CQ World Wide Contest is the largest Amateur
Radio competition in the world with over 30,000
participants. The list of disqualified stations and those
issued warnings is at tinyurl.com/cq-ww-ssb-2014-blog.
(CQ WW Blog)
**
DX UP FRONT: PALMYRA ATOLL DXPEDITION IN EARLY 2016
In DX up-front, Craig Thompson, K9CT, and Lou Dietrich,
N2TU, have announced that they will be heading up a
DXpedition to Palmyra Atoll to take place in January of
2016. With them will be a team of 12 highly experienced
operators and veterans of many DXpeditions. They plan to
operate five stations over a 14 day period on 160 to 6
meters using all modes. A callsign for this operation will
be announced at a later date. Palmyra, which has the prefix
KH5, ranks in the top ten on the Most Wanted List and is
number 2 most wanted in Europe. More is on the web at
Palmyra2016.org.
(OPDX)
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DX UP FRONT: THREE 2015 OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR CREDIT
ARRL DX Advisory Committee Staff Liaison, Dave Patton, NN1N,
reports that several operations have been approved for DXCC
credit. These are all in the 2015 time frame and include
3XY5M from Guinea, E30FB from Eritrea and C21EU from Nauru.
You can file for DXCC credit for working these operations
now.
(DXCC)
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BREAK 1
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world
including the including the K0ASH repeater of the Ashland
Amateur Radio Club in Ashland, Nebraska.
(5 SEC PAUSE)
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ENFORCEMENT: LINDEN NJ POLICE TAKE UNLICENSED BROADCASTER
OFF THE AIR WITHOUT FCC HELP
The programs have stopped coming from an unlicensed radio
station operating out of a home in Linden, New Jersey.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has the
details of how the station was taken off the air without the
intervention of the FCC:
--
[Stephen] On Monday, April 13th, officials from WKXW,
likely better known to its listeners as New Jersey 101.5 FM,
contacted the city of Linden police with a complaint that
another station was operating illegally on a frequency of
101.3 FM.
In a statement, Captain James Sarnicki said that the letter
sent by 101.5 FM indicated the station had conducted its own
investigation. In doing so it had identified the illegal
transmission as coming from a private home and included
pictures of a large antenna on the roof. Station officials
also noted that they had received multiple listener
complaints about bad reception since the unlicensed station
was interfering with their signal.
According to Captain Sarnicki, the Linden police contacted
the FCC and were old an investigation could take a couple
weeks to complete. They then reached out to the city's
municipal code enforcement officials who found the home
violated zoning ordinances.
Under these regulations, the unidentified station operators
would not be allowed to run a business in a residential
area. The antenna being more than 20 feet high qualified as
an illegal structure on the roof.
Captain Sarnicki said police notified the homeowner of the
complaint and that summonses and fines would follow if the
antenna stayed up and the station continued operating. A
few days later on April 15th New Jersey 101.5 FM was
notified that the antenna was removed and the unlicensed
transmitter was off the air.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB,
in Wadsworth, Ohio.
--
[Anchor] Operating an unlicensed radio station above a tiny
power output and without a license is a fourth-degree crime
in New Jersey. It is one of two states, along with Florida,
where such an action is a criminal offense.
(NJ.com, other published News Reports)
**
ENFORCEMENT: BARBADOS WARNS CBERS AND HAMS NOT TO USE
EXCESSIVE POWER
The Telecommunications Unit in the Barbados' Division of
Energy and Telecommunications has reminded the island
nation's amateur radio operators and CB'ers that they must
not operate their equipment at power levels which exceed the
legal limit.
Investigations of interference have revealed that some
operators were using between 1000 and 5000 watts.
Telecommunications Officer, Ishmael Cadogan, explained that
some hobby CB'ers and amateur radio operators who were using
excessive power and this was causing interference with
televisions, radios, telephones and even pacemakers.
Both Cadogan and fellow Telecommunications Officer Jason
Haynes stressed the vital role that amateur radio and CB
operators played, especially during the hurricane season and
other disasters. Haynes noted that there were fewer issues
with the amateur radio operators because of the requirements
for successfully obtaining a license. On the other hand,
CB'ers simply had to apply for a license.
There are 140 licensed CBers and 155 licensed amateur radio
operators in Barbados. Haynes said that while the
interference problems being experienced involved a select
few, it was important to deal with the offenders because of
the impact their actions were having not only on their
communities but on fellow radio operators.
You can read more at
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/66466/cbers-
amateur-radio-operators-warned
(nationnews.com)
**
RESCUE RADIO: ARRL HAM AID HF GEAR ARRIVES IN MICRONESIA
An ARRL Ham Aid kit of High Frequency gear has arrived in
the Federated States of Micronesia as part of a relief
effort in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Maysak. That storm
ravaged many of the nation's islands in late March and early
April, wreaking major damage and causing some deaths.
According to the ARRL the Ham Aid equipment accompanied a
shipment of other radio gear, tools, and supplies that John
Bush, KH6DLK/V63JB, took from Hawaii to the storm devastated
area.
In this case only the High Frequency gear was sent. Ham Aid
kits containing both High Frequency and VHF/UHF equipment
had been shipped to Hawaii last fall, as the massive Puna
volcanic lava flow threatened some communities on the Big
Island.
The full ARRL story at www.arrl.org/news/arrl-ham-aid-hf-
gear-arrives-in-micronesia-in-wake-of-tropical-cyclone
(ARRL)
**
RESCUE RADIO: SPAIN HOLDS 6TH ANNUAL ENCE RESCUE RADIO
EXERCISE
Spain's 6th Emergency Communications National Exercise or
ENCE was to be held on Saturday April 18, from 16:00 to
17:00 UTC, and was open to international participation.
This years ENCE was devoted to Voice over Internet Protocols
that included Echolink, IRLP, D-Star and System Fusion.
Aware that if a disaster occurs, the Internet can be one of
the first resources to fail in the affected area. But
outside the immediate disaster zone it is a very powerful
emergency response tool to consider.
This years EMCE emphasized the use of technologies that
allow attaching radio and the Internet without sacrificing
classic modes of communication. The overall purpose of the
exercise was to bring an opportunity to all those radio
amateurs interested in practicing operational skills.
More info in Spanish is at www.fediea.org/emergencias
(EMCE)
**
EDUCATION: HAM RADIO AT UNIVERSITIES GROWING IN IMPORTANCE
IN EUROPE
Germany's national amateur radio society, the Deutscher
Amateur Radio Club or DARC reports that amateur radio groups
in colleges and universities are of growing interest in that
nation. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW has
the details:
--
[Bruce] DARC Officer Annette Coenen, DL6SAK, and Joachim
Posegga, DL7JP, of the University of Passau say there are
now 36 universities with ham radio groups listed in the
German speaking world. Also, these German universities are
being complemented by English speaking colleges in
neighboring countries such as Switzerland and Austria.
An e-mail network exists to facilitate the exchange of
information on planned amateur radio activities at the
universities. The goal of this link-up is to promote young
talent and organize training courses.
A list of European universities with amateur radio groups
can be found in the German language posted
at tinyurl.com/university-link-up.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in
Los Angeles.
--
[Anchor] The first in person meeting of participants in
this project will take place on Saturday, June 27th at the
annual HAM RADIO convention in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
(Southgate)
**
HAM HAPPENINGS: ZL100ANZA COMMEMORATING ANZAC DAY IN NEW
ZEALAND
New Zealand telecommunications regulator Radio Spectrum
Management has given permission for use of the special call
ZL100ANZA until May 26th. This to assist hams in that
nation to help commemorate the ANZAC centenary. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has more:
--
[Jim] Anzac Day is one of the most important national
commemorative occasions down-under. This year it marks the
100th anniversary of the first major military action fought
by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World
War.
To commemorate the ANZAC centenary here in New Zealand,
ZL100ANZAC will be activated by a group of amateur radio
operators, all of whom responded to register interest in
operating the callsign. Its operation will start on April
25th at midday New Zealand time and will last of one month.
All logs will be collated by John Balsillie, ZL1ALZ and on a
regular basis posted to both Logbook of the World and Club
Log to enable other operators to check their QSOs.
The QSL manager is Phil Holliday, ZL3PAH. An Oh QRS will be
available via Club Log for both direct and bureau cards.
Cards sent to the QSL manager directly or via the bureau
will also be accepted.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF,
down-under in Nelson, New Zealand.
--
[Anchor] The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New
Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs.
(NZART, Southgate)
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NAMES IN THHE NEWS: ZS6SF AND ZS6QL ELECTED TO LEAD SARL
Some names in the news. The South Africa Radio League has
elected Fritz Sutherland, ZS6SF, as its President and Nico
van Rensburg, ZS6QL, as its Vice President. The voting
took place at he first Council meeting following the
organizations Annual General Meeting that was held Saturday,
April 18th.
(SARL)
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: ZS6SGM GIVEN SARL ICOM EXCELLENCE AWARD
Also from South Africa comes word that the Icom Excellence
Award, which is considered the premier award of the South
African Radio League, was presented to Stewart Moss, ZS6SGM.
Moss has been instrumental in getting the WSPR propagation
research off the ground, having supported several clubs and
individual amateurs experimenting with this mode. He is
also credited with having set up the ZS6SRL WSPR beacon, has
written tutorials and analyzes the results. All of this
data will be included in reports to South Africa
telecommunications regulator ICASA.
(SARL)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: ASTRONAUT MIKE FINCKE KE5AIT TO APPEAR
AT DAYTON YOUTH FORUM
According to Carole Perry, WB2MGP, astronaut Mike Fincke,
KE5AIT, will be coming to speak at her Dayton Hamvention
Youth Forum. Also the American Radio Relay League is
sponsoring her eight young presenters attend a lunch with
him afterwards. They will be joined by other young hams
chosen from the audience. WB2MGP's Youth Forum is
scheduled for Saturday, May 16th from 9:15 to 11:45 in
Meeting Room 2 of the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The full
rundown of Hamvention 2015 forums is at Hamvention.org.
(WB2MGP)
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BREAK 2
This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. We are the
Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only
official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by
the volunteer services of the following radio amateur:
(5 sec pause here)
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: NEW ALUMINUM BENDABLE BATTERY
Scientists have built a flexible aluminum battery which they
say could be a cheap, fast-charging and safe alternative to
current designs.
The prototype consists of a soft pouch, containing aluminum
for one electrode and graphite foam for the other and all
surrounded by a special liquid salt. It can recharge in
less than a minute and is very safe and durable compared to
lithium-ion batteries.
The only drawback is that the new design currently only
delivers about half the voltage but work is ongoing to
improve this. On the plus side and unlike other designs,
this battery will not catch fire even if accidentally
punctured or drilled through.
The work appears in the journal Nature. You can find it at
tinyurl.com/aluminum-salt-battery
(BBC, Nature.com, Science Today)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FOX-1C AND FOX-1D INCLUDE L-BAND UPLINK
AMSAT has announced plans to incorporate a 23 centimeter L
band receiver in the Fox-1C and Fox-1D ham radio satellites.
The addition will allow ground commanded selection of the
normal Fox-1VHF and UHF bands or the new L Band 1.2 GHz
mode. Both bands will operate as FM single channel.
Rather than adding a complete new receiver, the L band
"Project Downshifter" will convert the received L band
signal down to the Fox-1 uplink frequency and feed it to the
regular UHF receiver on the Fox-1 satellite. The design
will not require an additional antenna on the satellite
because the existing UHF antenna will work for L band
receive as well.
(AMSAT)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HABEX-10 IS SET TO LAUNCH ON APRIL 25
The High Altitude Balloon Experiment or HABEX will be taking
to the skies for the 10th time on Saturday April 25th. The
payload will include an APRS tracker active on 144.800 MHz
signing ZS6COG dash 11, a simplex repeater on 438.550 MHz
and s Slow Scan amateur television camera streaming still
images from altitude. It will operate on 433.400 MHz FM
using the Scottie 1 mode.
This launch is part of the Global Space Balloon Challenge
which sees more than 250 balloon launches worldwide during
April. For more information and an information sheet on
HABEX-10 visit the site www.habex.za.net.
(SARL, Southgate)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: FUNCUBE-1 TRANSMITTING TELEMETRY ONCE
AGAIN
FUNcube-1 also known as AO-73 is again transmitting
telemetry. The CubeSat had stopped transmitting at around
20:18 UTC on Wednesday, April 15th. A restart took place
during a pass over Europe at 09:30 UTC on Thursday, April
16th. Controllers are still investigating what caused the
bird's telemetry to go silent but they have concluded from
earlier data transmissions that it was safe to switch back
to nominal operations.
(Southgate)
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PROPAGATION STUDY: NEW FREQUENCY AND TRANSMITTER FOR GB3ANG
BEACON
The GB3ANG 432MHz propagation beacon located just north of
Dundee, Scotland, has received a new transmitter. It has
also altered its operating frequency to 432.453 MHz to
comply with the new IARU Region 1 band plan.
The changes were made on April 13th by the beacon keeper
Allan Duncan, GM4ZUK, with assistance from A.G. Marsden,
GM4FEI. The old beacon transmitter had been built by Brian
Flynn, GM8BJF, and was in continuous service for 33 years.
There are three other beacons are co-located at GB3ANG
transmitter site. These are on 70, 144 and 1296 MHz but
their operational parameters remain the unchanged.
(GB2RS)
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DX
In DX, S55OO will be active as 9H3OO from Malta between
April 24th and May 2nd. His operation is on 40 through 6
meters using CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via his home
callsign, direct, by the bureau. Electronic QSL's go via
Logbook of the World and eQSL. Look for his location and
some photos to be posted on QRZ.com.
JH2DF, will be active as T88DF from the Republic of Palau
between April 27th and May 1st. Operations will be on the
High Frequency bands and 50 MHz using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV,
WSPR and JT65A. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the
Bureau, Logbook of he World and eQSL.
ON6VJ and ON1CH will be on the air stroke MJ from Jersey
Island from May 14th to the 18th. Their operation will be
on 160 through 6 meters using SSB only. QSL via each
operator's home callsign.
DL2RPS will be active as S79RPS from the Anse National Park
on Praslin Island between May 2nd and the 8th. This
operation will be on 80 through 10 meters using CW and SSB,
depending on conditions. QSL via his home callsign, direct
by the bureau. Electronic QSL's go via eQSL or the OQRS on
ClubLog.
F4WBN will be operational as 5U5U from Niger between May
30th and June 16th. Activity will be holiday style on 40
through 6 meters using SSB and some RTTY. QSL via his home
callsign direct only.
Lastly, IU2CIQ, IZ1UJE and IZ1ZHG will be on the air from
Monaco as 3A stroke IU2CIQ between June 5th and the 7th.
Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters using mainly SSB,
but some CW and RTTY. QSL 3A/IU2CIQ via IU2CIQ via the
bureau,. Cards for IZ1UJE direct or electronically using
Logbook of the World.
(This weeks DX news courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)
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THAT FINAL ITEM: IZ0UDF SPECTACULAR SELFIE FROM THE ISS
And finally this week, almost everyone on Earth has taken a
selfie in various locations and occasions. But
International Space Station astronaut Samantha
Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, has made every selfie-taker jealous
of her out-of-this-world photo as we hear from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD:
--
[Heather] Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, is an Italian
astronaut from European Space Agency currently living and
working on the International Space Station. On Friday,
April 17th, she shared her selfie on Twitter taken on board
the orbiting space laboratory. In it, Cristoforetti was
dressed as Captain Kathryn Janeway of Star Trek: Voyager,
with a tiny ISS pin in place of the traditional chevron.
Over her shoulders through a viewing window is the Space X
Dragon cargo craft that delivers supplies to space station
crews.
The text of her tweet is an in-joke that fans of the Voyager
series will recognize. In the fifth episode, titled The
Cloud, when Janeway's told that there's energy in a nearby
nebula she quips about her favorite beverage. Followers were
giving thumbs up to her selfie, saying that she looks a lot
like the famous Delta Quadrant pioneer of the Starfleet.
As well as carrying out an extremely busy science program in
Europe's Columbus laboratory, IZ0UDF has been busy with the
final ATV-5 cargo vehicle and the new SpaceX and Orbital
vehicles as well as supporting multiple space-walks. She
has also found time to operate one of the ARISS ham radio
stations on-board the ISS.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD,
in Berwick Pennsylvania.
--
[Anchor] Samantha Cristoforetti is aboard the ISS to
perform several scientific experiments in the space stations
microgravity laboratory. Her team's study is part of the
Futura mission which was launched in November 2014. She
will return to Earth in mid-May.
(ESA, dailytimesgazette.com)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE
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