Jim K9BIG and guest speaker Maury W4HYB
Making contact with the ISS
Jim K9BIG working with comm students
Production crew students check equipment
ISS Expedition 12 Commander
Bill McArthur, KC5ACR from NA1SS
at the International Space Station
[NASA
Photo]
We would like
to acknowledge
the hams that
have contributed
to the success
of this project:
ARISS Mentor:AJ9N
Charlie Sufana
KARS Members:
AK9F Howard
Dybedock
K9BIG Jim
Schreiner
K9BYT John
McGarey
K9CS Carl
Schroeder
K9NR Don
Kerouac
K9QT Billie
Kerouac
K9WIZ Terry
Wisniewski
KB9ZQU Duane
Erwin
KC9DEP Jamie
Formea
KC9FAV Brian
Erwin
KE9MG Francis
Giguere
N9FO Jim
Creek
N9IO Clay
Melhorn
N9QXZ Bill
Dau
NI9H Pete
Nikolic
W9IOU Crystal
Melhorn
W9LIZ Christine
Schroeder
W9YNI Ken
Buser
WD9AYI John
Arrington
WR9L Greg
Hart
KARS
would also like to
acknowledge the
15 BBCHS
students chosen
to present
their questions
to ISS
Commander Bill
McArthur.
Congratulations
and thank you
for your participation
in this
historic event,
an experience
known to no other
generation before
you:
BBCHS students
in order of appearance:
Haley Forrestal
Senior
Alexandra Habeeb
Freshman
Julia Malik
Freshman
Kirsten Frazier
Freshman
Ryan Blanchette
Junior
Shaunak Mulani
Freshman
Patrick Heddins
Freshman
Courtney Sanor
Sophomore
Desiree VonWerder
Sophomore
Amy Anderson
Sophomore
Alaina Buford
Senior
Adam Joines
Senior
Nathan Bertrand
Senior
Nicolas Woolard
Freshman
Danielle Borschnack
Junior
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Contact
with the International Space Station from
Bradley-Bourbonnais
High School a total success!
Tuesday
March 28
(12:01
Local time) - 18:01 UTC
[Bradley, Illinois]
Kankakee Area
Radio Society (KARS) education
director Jim
Schreiner (K9BIG) along with BBCHS's
15 question
bearing students certainly shined today
as a flawless
ARISS contact unfolded in front of a
packed house
of 600 plus students, faculty and
members of
the media.
In addition,
the entire school of nearly 2000 watched
in the classrooms
on the school cable channel.
Comcast carried
the contact live on cable channel 4.
KARS  streaming
audio server had 150 connects while
simulcasting
on the KARS W9AZ 444.80 mhz repeater.
Click
Here for KARS mp3 version of the ARISS Contact,
1.55
mB, 16kbps, audio sample rate 11 kHz, mono, duration 13:35
Click
Here for SPACE TV mp3 version,
3.59
mB, 48kbps, audio sample rate 44 kHz, mono, duration 10:18
On top of
all this, BBCHS built for this event a special
video server
that had just over 1,000 hits to the live show,
nearing 1,700
hits to the recorded version at this time.
Click
Here if you would like to watch the 55 minute
show
from the BBCHS web site ARISS page now.
Members of
the media including
WKAN 1320 AM
(Kankakee),
WVLI 95.1 FM
(Bourbonnais),
WGFA 94.1 FM
(Watseka),
Kankakee Daily
Journal Newspaper
and the Chicago
Tribune Newspaper
graciously
covered the historic event with our thanks.
Jim Schreiner
a science teacher at BBCHS
has been working
on this project three years.
His perseverance
has certainly been rewarded today.
A special additional
feature was added when Jim
invited Maury
Shumaker W4HYB of Manassas,
Virginia as guest
speaker at the event.
Maury, a past
president of the Kankakee Area Radio
Society and 1953
graduate of BBCHS has driven in
from his home
in Virginia to speak to the school.
Maury was the
Vice-Director of the Space Shuttle
Challenger accident
investigation committee.
Maury gave an
excellent talk on growing up
in the Bradley
- Bourbonnais school system, the
teachers at BBCHS
back then that helped inspire
him as well as
help him receive his ham radio license.
Maury gave insight
into the space shuttle and his
involvement in
many NASA projects over the years.
The membership
of the Kankakee Area Radio Society
congratulates
Jim on a job very well done.
We have remained
totally committed to this project
and are pleased
announce this ARISS contact
far exceeded
anyone's expectations in this organization.
Jim, you and
the KARS membership have helped bring
amateur radio
into the spotlight today in such a
positive manner.
Words cannot
express our gratitude for your dedication.
We would also
like to acknowledge the talented skills
of the Communications
Students of BBCHS.
This entire show
was produced and recorded by the
able students
of BBCHS's Communications Class.
We are very impressed
with the professional attitude
and skill these
students displayed during the making
of this super
production. The archive they have
produced is in
our opinion a precious record for the
people of the
Bradley, Bourbonnais and Kankakee
area to enjoy
for many years to come.
We sincerely hope
you learned something new about
Amateur Radio
in Kankakee County today.
Did you also
know that the KARS club is an active
participant in
regional storm / weather spotting?
The KARS repeater
systems are wide area coverage
systems that
facilitate weather spotting nicely.
Our sole source
of operating funds to maintain these
fine systems
come from our annual hamfest
"KARSFEST"
(Electronics / Computer Show) held in
Peotone,
IL at the Will County Fairgrounds in July.
KARS
meetings are held the first Tuesday of
each month at
Provena St Mary's Hospital.
The public is
always welcome.
If you would like
to know more about ham radio and
perhaps how to
get involved in this fascinating hobby,
we refer you
to the (Hello) page of the ARRL web site
<Hello>
ARRL is the national
association for AMATEUR RADIO.
Our thanks to NASA,
the ARISS program,
the American
Radio Relay League,
ISS Commander Bill
McArthur KC5ACR,
ARISS mentor Charlie
Sufana AJ9N,
the Kankakee
Area Radio Society,
the faculty, staff
and students of
Bradley
- Bourbonnais High School
for helping to make
all of this possible.
ARISS
is an international educational outreach,
with
US participation by ARRL,
AMSAT
and NASA.
Known links of the BBCHS
contact outside KARS w9az.com web:
Chicago
Tribune: BBCHS ARISS contact story
SPACE
TV: BBCHS ARISS contact questions, mp3
ARRL
WEB: BBCHS ARISS contact story
SOUTHGATE
ARC WEB: BBCHS ARISS contact story
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