[Boringiss] ARRL Letter

[Tree N6TR]

This was in the ARRL Letter just received:

* ARISS school contact report set to air on NBC: NBC Weekend Nightly
News tentatively plans to air a report Saturday, March 30, on the recent
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with
students at the Deep Creek Elementary School in Boring, Oregon. Check
local listings for time and station. The report could be "bumped" to
accommodate breaking news, however. On March 6, astronaut Carl Walz,
KC5TIE, at NA1SS answered youngsters' questions during the scheduled
2-meter contact via facilities provided by the Boring Amateur Radio
Club. Noted contester and DXer Tree Tyree, N6TR, handled ground-station
duties using the BARC's K7RAT call sign. The contact lasted nearly eight
minutes, and all 380 Deep Creek pupils were on hand for the big event.
The Nightly News piece was written and produced by Alan Kaul, W6RCL. 

Tree