[Boringiss] PR

[Tree N6TR]

This was posted to the CQ-CONTEST mail list - with thousands of readers.  

I bet we will get reports all around the country of people listening in:

> The Boring Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that they will
> be taking part in a grade school QSO with the International Space
> Station on Wednesday, the 6th of March.  The QSO will start at 
> 1901 UTC and last about 10 minutes.  
> 
> If you are in the west half of the USA, you should be able to hear the
> last half of the QSO.  Stations on the east coast might only be able to
> hear the last minute.  Obviously, if you are in the Northwest, you will
> be able to hear the whole thing.  You should be able to hear the ISS
> with just an HT.  
> 
> The downlink frequency is 145.80 MHz.  Sorry, you won't be able to hear
> the kids, but it is a rare chance to hear the astronauts.
> 
> 73 Tree N6TR