Greg Chamitoff KD5PKZ

ARISS contact video available

On August 19, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC) made it possible for a local Boy Scout troop (Los Padres Council Troop 105) to contact the International Space Station live via ham radio!

The event began at 8:39 AM local time and lasted about 10 minutes. The contact was made at the request of Dr. Gregory Errol Chamitoff Ph.D. KD5PKZ an astronaut currently stationed on the ISS.

Dr. Chamitoff is an alum of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is friends with assistant scout master John Schlesselmann. Several folks, including local hams and staff of the UC Santa Barbara physics department organized the event.

Two video recordings of the successful ARISS Contact are available.

http://nasa.id.ucsb.edu/
This was recorded by the University of California Santa Barbara

http://sbarc.camstreams.com/
This was recorded by WB9KMO and is playing constantly on a continuous loop.

Ken Owen, N6KTH, reports that, "We had a great contact today and even had a chance to do an AO51 demo right before the ISS pass."

More information about the contact is available on Ken's web page www.n6kth.com

Ken, N6KTH