The following is a transcript of what was said between myself and ON1AFD Dirk Frimout, contact made on: March 29 1992 at 12.40 utc Dirk: Cq Cq Belgium this is ON1AFD oscar november one alfa foxtrot delta space shuttle atlantis calling Belgium and listening. Berto: ON1AFD this is oscar november one charlie alfa uniform calling you and listening. Dirk: Oscar november one charlie oscar uniform, this is on1afd space shuttle atlantis back to you, what's your name and where are you located in Belgium. Berto:Roger Dirk, well, my name is Berto and I'am located in Bilzen South part of Limburg .By the way, your signal is very strong 5 and 9.Microfoon back to you ON1AFD this is ON1CAU Listening over. Dirk:ON1CAU this is ON1AFD space shuttle Atlantis back, thanks for the information about your location you are my first contact into Limburg. Atlantis location at this time between Iceland and England over. Berto:Yes Dirk, Thanks for the information and the nice contact, I hope that you enjoy your flight, best regards to the rest of the crew ON1AFD this is ON1CAU over Dirk:Roger ON1CAU, Thanks for the contact.....This is ON1AFD calling cq cq cq Belgium and listening. As you can see, the qso was very quick. Understand that there several ham operators who where also trying to talk with one of the astronaut's at the same time as I was. The space shuttle is approximately 250 Km above Earth's surface, moving at over 3 miles per second, so the window of opportunity is short, usually 8-12 on a verage.