Dec 04

Indautxuko Eskola, Bilbao, Spain telebridge contact via ON4ISS with Suni Williams KD5PLB

A ARISS telebridge contact via Amateur Radio was scheduled for December 4, 2024 at 11:47 UTC with astronaut Suni Williams, amateur radio call sign KD5PLB. and students of Indautxuko Eskola, Bilbao, Spain.

Suni Williams KD5PLB operating the Ham Radio with callsign OR4ISS

Indautxuko School, founded in 1918, is a Pre-Primary and Primary Education Centre (2-12 years old) located in Bilbao, in an urban environment with 625 students and 91 educational professionals. It is a multilingual school (Basque – Spanish co-official language, English and Spanish). The school is hosting this ARISS contact for their students in 5th and 6th grade (10-12 years old). Members of the Asociación EuskoByte Elkartea amateur radio club (EA2RKE) are supporting the school for this event.

Indautxuko School, founded in 1918, is a Pre-Primary and Primary Education Centre located in Bilbao.

The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station) for this contact is in Aartselaar, Belgium. The amateur radio volunteer team at the AMSAT Belgium club station with the call sign ON4ISS has established the connection with the ISS. The school in Bilbao was connected to the telebridge station by a telephone connection.

ON4ISS in action for an ARISS telebridge contact with Stefan ON6TI and Jan ON7UX as operators.

This ARISS contact was realized through collaboration with the Asociación EuskoByte Elkartea amateur radio club EA2RKE in Bilbao and with Marcelo IKØUSO as ARISS mentor and Stefan ON6TI as moderator.

Media source:
ARISS Proiektua – Proyecto ARISS INDAUTXUKO ESKOLA

Jan, on7ux

I built my first transistor radio when I was 12 years old. The Gemini space program and later the Apollo program were my youthful introduction to astronomy. Through the school I had on my 17th (1970) already facilities for receiving weather satellite (Nimbus 3) signals (NOAA). I am an licensed radio amateur since 1978.