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RICHARD IS USING HIS CALL SIGN FOR SOME QSOS AND SSTV CONTACTS, INSTEAD OF
THE ISS STATION CALL SIGNS.  THERE IS A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY THAT IS
ATTACHED TO THE GARRIOTTS.  THIS INCLUDES HAM RADIO IN SPACE AND THEIR
PERSONAL CALL SIGNS.  TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO, RICHARDS FATHER, OWEN
GARRIOTT, W5LFL, INITIATED THE FIRST HAM RADIO CONTACTS FROM SPACE ON THE
STS 9 SAREX MISSION.  RICHARD, W5KWQ, IS FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHERS
FOOTSTEPS, USING THE ARISS HAM RADIO SYSTEM EXTENSIVELY ON HIS FIRST
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FLIGHT.  RICHARDS CALL SIGN IS ACTUALLY HIS GRANDFATHERS ORIGINAL CALL
SIGN.  SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS MISSION TOUCHES THREE GENERATIONS OF HAM
RADIO AND TWO GENERATIONS OF HAM RADIO IN SPACE.  RICHARD IS GREAT.  SAID
ARRL ARISS PROGRAM MANAGER ROSALIE WHITE, K1STO.  FIRST HE WANTED TO DO A
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K7IA 633 5 1 6,680 NM N8BB 531 5 1 5,460 MI K5WNH 393 5 1 4,280 NTX VE3RER
355 5 1 3,900 ON W3CB 301 5 1 3,760 MDC VA3DF 380 5 1 3,745 ON KX0R 326 5
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