CALL
FOR DONATIONS FOR ARISS ANTENNAS ON
ESA
has accepted the installation of an amateur radio station onboard the
L/S-band
patch antennas will be fixed on Meteorite Debris Panels (MDP) which protect the hull of
The
antennas are developed by the
A
year ago we have launched a funding campaign for the development and
manufacturing of the antennas. The collected money has permitted to start the
development of antennas by the University in close collaboration with EADS and Alenia Spazio, the contractors in
charge of
The
construction of
The
Wroclaw University of Technology has obtained a special funding for the ARISS
antennas from the Polish Ministry of Research and Development. This helps cover
the total cost and limits our effort to 65.000 euro.
47.000
euro has already been paid by ARISS. We still have to pay 18.000 euro to finish
the work.
Our
goal has been set to 80.000 euro. After the antennas are fixed on the module
and
Taking into account that time is getting
really short, ARISS-Europe renews the call for donations to the IARU and AMSAT
societies as well as to their members individually. Every contribution, small
or important, is very welcome.
Donations are published on www.ariss-eu.org
. You can use PayPal on the
In the name of the amateur radio
community, we thank the donators who contribute to the presence of amateur
radio on manned territory in Space.
Please help now. We are very near to the
goal. Don’t let us miss the last step.
Gaston Bertels,
ON4WF
ARISS-Europe
chairman
<gaston.bertels@skynet.be>
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