Amateur Radio to be highlighted on History Channel

In spring 2007, The History Channel plans to run a 13-segment series,
'The Secret Life of Machines.'

One segment will cover Amateur Radio, part of which will focus on ham
radio in space.

ARISS delegate Rosalie White described the roles of the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
(AMSAT) and the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) to the History Channel reporter, and provided information on
SuitSat-1 and SuitSat-2 and explained how the ARISS team compiles
components, and designs, tests and launches its systems.

Follow-up material, which covered SuitSat-1 and an ARISS school whose
5th graders built 5 types of crystal radios and compared their
qualities, was sent to him.