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I truly enjoy working as an ARISS team member at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland contacting the crew members onboard the International Space Station so students from different schools around the world can ask them questions about life in space.
The station call is K6DUE in memory of Roy Neil. K6DUE is listed at QRZ as the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. Roy played a pivotal role in bringing amateur radio on-board human spaceflight vehicles. Through his extensive contacts in NASA, he was instrumental in convincing NASA management to fly amateur radio on-board the Space Shuttle. Roy's successful negotiations with NASA management led to the first on-orbit amateur radio operations by astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia flight in November 1983.
He was the leader of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) working group and he was instrumental in the formation of the international team that represents Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). For the ARISS program, Roy served as moderator of the ARISS international meetings.
K6DUE's extensive experience as a newsman was put into practice as he utilized these talents to keep the ARISS team on-track and focused during these critical, consensus-gathering meetings.
Roy loved the amateur radio hobby in general and continued to be on-the-air until the last few weeks of his life. He provided substantial support and guidance to amateur radio organizations such as AMSAT, ARRL and amateur radio news organizations such as Newsline.
Here is some additional background information about the ARISS program.
As the International Space Station takes its place in the heavens, the amateur radio community is doing its part by helping to enrich the experience of those visiting and living on the station as well as the students on Earth. Through ARISS activities, students on Earth have a once in a lifetime opportunity to talk to the crew on-board ISS.
Using amateur radio equipment set up in their school, students get a first-hand feel of what it is like to live and work in space. Each school gets a 10-minute question and answer interview with the on-orbit crew using a ground station located in their classroom or through a remote ground station. Through ARISS, students learn about orbit dynamics, wave transmission, radio communications, and working with the press. Since its inception, thousands of students and their families have participated in an ARISS event.
Through ARISS activities, students on Earth have a once in a lifetime opportunity to talk to the crew on-board ISS. Using amateur radio equipment set up in their school, students get a first-hand feel of what it is like to live and work in space. Each school gets a 10-minute question and answer interview with the on-orbit crew using a ground station located in their classroom or through a remote ground station.
The station call is K6DUE in memory of Roy Neil. K6DUE is listed at QRZ as the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AMATEUR RADIO CLUB. Roy played a pivotal role in bringing amateur radio on-board human spaceflight vehicles. Through his extensive contacts in NASA, he was instrumental in convincing NASA management to fly amateur radio on-board the Space Shuttle. Roy's successful negotiations with NASA management led to the first on-orbit amateur radio operations by astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia flight in November 1983.
He was the leader of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) working group and he was instrumental in the formation of the international team that represents Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). For the ARISS program, Roy served as moderator of the ARISS international meetings.
K6DUE's extensive experience as a newsman was put into practice as he utilized these talents to keep the ARISS team on-track and focused during these critical, consensus-gathering meetings.
Roy loved the amateur radio hobby in general and continued to be on-the-air until the last few weeks of his life. He provided substantial support and guidance to amateur radio organizations such as AMSAT, ARRL and amateur radio news organizations such as Newsline.
Here is some additional background information about the ARISS program.
As the International Space Station takes its place in the heavens, the amateur radio community is doing its part by helping to enrich the experience of those visiting and living on the station as well as the students on Earth. Through ARISS activities, students on Earth have a once in a lifetime opportunity to talk to the crew on-board ISS.
Using amateur radio equipment set up in their school, students get a first-hand feel of what it is like to live and work in space. Each school gets a 10-minute question and answer interview with the on-orbit crew using a ground station located in their classroom or through a remote ground station. Through ARISS, students learn about orbit dynamics, wave transmission, radio communications, and working with the press. Since its inception, thousands of students and their families have participated in an ARISS event.
Through ARISS activities, students on Earth have a once in a lifetime opportunity to talk to the crew on-board ISS. Using amateur radio equipment set up in their school, students get a first-hand feel of what it is like to live and work in space. Each school gets a 10-minute question and answer interview with the on-orbit crew using a ground station located in their classroom or through a remote ground station.