NASA Photo ID: STS056-30-022       File Name: 10073211.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Commander Cameron uses SAREX on OV-103's aft flight deck
  Description:
  STS-56 Commander Kenneth Cameron, wearing headset and headband equipped
  with  penlight flashlight, uses the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II
  (SAREX-II)  on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. 
  Cameron,  positioned just behind the pilots seat, talks to amateur radio
  operators on  Earth via the SAREX equipment.  SAREX cables and the
  interface module  freefloat in front of the pilots seat. The SAREX scan
  converter (a white box)  is seen just above Cameron's head attached to
  overhead panel O9.  SAREX was  established by NASA, the American Radio
  League/Amateur Radio Satellite  Corporation and the JSC Amateur Radio Club
  to encourage public participation  in the space program through a program
  to demonstrate the effectiveness of  conducting short-wave radio
  transmissions between the Shuttle and  ground-based radio operators at
  low-cost ground stations with amateur and  digital techniques.  As on
  several previous missions, SAREX was used on this  flight as an educational
  opportunity for students around the world to learn  about space firsthand
  by speaking directly to astronauts aboard the Shuttle.        
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTENNAS                                
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT                 
  CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT)              
  CREWS                                   
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  FLIGHT DECK                             
  HEADSETS                                
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  SHORT WAVE RADIO TRANSMISSION           
  STS-56                                  
  WINDOWS                                 
  

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