ARISS
CONTACT FOR ESA ASTRONAUT PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA WITH “ENRICO FERMI” SCHOOL
SUCCESSFUL
Monday,
April 4, 2011 at 07:53 UTC, i.e. 09:53 CEST, “Istituto Tecnico Industriale
Statale Enrico Fermi”, Lucca, Italy”, established a
ARISS contact with Italian astronaut PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA onboard the
International Space Station. ESA astronaut NESPOLI operated with the special
Italian callsign IR0ISS that he will use during his mission. The “Enrico Fermi”
State Technical Institute in Lucca operated the contact with callsign IQ5LU.
State
Technical Industrial Institute is named to Enrico Fermi and is located in
Lucca, Northern Tuscany. The Institute offers a five years curriculum in
Mechanics, Electrotechnics, Electronics, Information and Communication
Technology, with several laboratories, to about 700 students aged 15-19. They
had an Amateur Radio Club with the callsign IK5YOI (licence expired).
ARISS
mentor Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF proposed to the radio contact coordinator in
Lucca a direct contact with assistance by ARISS Telebridge station IK1SLD
installed at Casale Monferrato Airport, Piemonte, Italy. Mr. Andrea Ghilardi
IK5QLU, radio contact coordinator for this ARISS event, decided in favor of a
direct with assistance by IK1SLD telebridge station. The questions were asked
by the students in the school where an audience of about 150 students,
teachers, visitors and media participated to the event.
At
07:53 UTC, contact with IR0ISS was established by station IQ5LU. Astronaut
Paolo NESPOLI answered 16 questions and exchanged greetings before of the
closing of the contact. The signal from the ISS was loud and clear all the
time.
Regional
Television, local media and newspapers covered the event.
Streaming
video was available on:
http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia
The
ARISS contact was announced by web story on ESA Portal - National News:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMP937UPLG_Italy_0.html
Congratulations
to both ARISS “IQ5LU” and “IK1SLD” teams!
73
Francesco
De Paolis, IK0WGF
ARISS
mentor