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Mon 10 March 2008 08:30 UTC ARISS School Contact 145.800 on echolink

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH LYCEE RENE GOSSE, CLERMONT L'HERAULT, FRANCE

Monday 10 March 2008 at 08:30 UTC (09:30 CET) an ARISS School Contact is planned with Lycée Mixte René Gosse, Clermont l'Herault, France. The space talk will be conducted in French with astronaut Leopold Eyharts, FX0STD.

Named after Rene Gosse who was shot by the German Gestapo in 1943, the "Lycee" stands in the very heart of the medieval city of Clermont l'Herault, a reknown tourist place of about 6,000 inhabitants, situated in the Languedoc area, one of the sunniest regions of France.

Most of its buildings date from the 14th century and are located on the site of an ancient Dominican monastery.

The recently restored chapel of the Penitents, built in southern Gothic style, is still used both by the school to accommodate exams and conferences and by the town council as a cultural centre for various artistic events.

"Lycee Rene Gosse" welcomes 800 pupils aged 15 to 22. They are taught all subjects required for the curriculum such as: Maths, French, English, Biology, Physical education as well as optional ones like Drama, Music, Latin, Greek, Occitan, English applied to Science, etc...

The space rendez-vous is set up in the outskirts of the city, near the beautiful Salagou lake, where a HamCamp has been installed for this special event with the support of the municipality. France Telecom provided an ADSL phone line that will be used with Skype to send the audio to VK5ZAI in Australia. Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI will broadcast the audio over EchoLink.

The contact will be a direct between Leopold Eyharts, FX0STD and F6KEH. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz FM downlink.

73 Ian G3ZHI

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