ISS Fan Club

Fellow ISS Fans, Richard W5KWQ was able to make a Jamboree On The Air contact with Boy Scout Troop 49 on 145.800 at 1615z today. It was a 87 degree ascending pass, and therefore with a large doppler shift and a long passtime. Two or three scouts made their first space contact using the troop callsign WH6DIN, and Trenton WH7RB made a contact with his own callsign. Trenton has been a ham since October 7th. This is his first DX contact, and his first space contact. Troopmaster Richard WH7HZ tried, but W5KWQ had faded over the distant mountains.

Many thanks goes to Bob, NH6XO who steered Richard to the JOTA troop waiting for those scouts' most sought after contact!

Bob or I will post the MP3 file onto this website.

Ron, AH6RH
Honolulu, Hawaii