ARISS Integration and On-air Testing at ASA

A large number of people, including seven hams from NCRC, were at All Saints Academy from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM this past Saturday helping to install the RF equipment necessary to provide the communication link between ASA and the International Space Station on the event day (first week of May).

With the assistance of the Middletown Fire Department, and other folks supporting the Audio and Visual equipment, the antenna systems were installed and tested on-air.  We also proved that the interface between the AV and radio gear was functioning.  A digital contact was made between ISS and the school station as well.

A slide show of the activity can be found here.