International Space Station Contact

Message from our Ham, 9W2QC, Sion Chow Q.C,
regarding his latest radio contact with the Astronauts
on board the ISS.

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Hello All,
William (Bill) McArthur, KC5ACR, has been very active operating ham radio from the International Space Station (ISS) the previous weekend. On the 21st and 22nd January 2006 (Saturday and Sunday), I managed to make another two QSOs with Bill on board the ISS. With this, I had made a total of three QSOs with Bill and five QSOs with the ISS crews.What is more interesting is that, my mother, Kathleen (9W2MAH) also managed to make a contact on the 22nd January 2006. Congratulations to my mother, who has became the first YL from Malaysia to have worked Bill!!! Although she was a bit nervous, I am still very proud that she managed to make the contact.For more information and recordings, please visit http://www.9w2qc.net/issqso2/Now, I am happy to say that the first station to work Bill, the first OM station to work Bill and the first YL station to work Bill are 9 WHISKEY stations respectively.
This shows that, morse code testing is not relevant as a testing standard to test a person's capability to operate amateur radio and a person who can send morse code at 15 WPM do not necessarily have to be a good radio operator.
Thank You.
73,Sion Chow Q. C.,9W2QC.
Strong supporter of the abolishment of the Morse Code requirement to obtain a full license!!!Support NCI for the healthy future of ham radio !!! Join NCI @ http://www.nocode.org/ "

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