1132 ATC Cadets & G4PSH make contact with ISS 2 Feb 05

An audio recording of the QSO contact in MP3 format can be downloaded here

After setting up the Sputnik-SM Kenwood D700 amateur radio station in the SM, Leroy Chiao at 7:55am engaged in a ham radio exchange with cadets of the Air Training Corps 1132 Squadron (Stalham) at Norfolk/England. [The 13 to 18 years old cadets of the ATC 1132 Squadron attend Stalham High School, ~20 km northeast of the city of Norwich, England. Besides the normal school agenda, they study aircraft principles of flight, space flight, radar, radio communications, and VHF/UHF & HF application for both Military and amateur radio use. A list of questions to the crew was uplinked beforehand

The ISS transmitted on 145.800 FM (downlink)

The questions the ATC members asked American commander Leroy Chiao on the ISS were:

1. How did you celebrate new years eve?
2. How do you sleep and when?
3. Where you able to see the Tsunami disaster?
4. Who inspired you to become an astronaut?
5. Who were your roll models from space exploration?
6. Which are the largest man man object you can see?
7. What is your favourite experience in space to date?
8. Did you ever want to do anything other than be an astronaut?
9. What do you eat in space and what does it taste like?
10. What is the biggest object you can see over Britain?
11. What type of drinks do you have aboard?
12. What is your favourite view from space?
13. What do you do in your spare time?
14. What tests are you doing at present?
15. What TV can you watch in space?
16. When are you due to arrive back on earth?
17. Would you like to visit another planet?
18. What time zone do you observe in space?
19. What is your height at the moment?
20. What speed are you travelling?