John,
A slight correction... 10am in Arizona is 1700 UTC. Arizona, except for the portion of the Navajo Nation reservation in the northeastern part of the state, does not change its clocks for daylight time in the summer. It's UTC -7 hours for local time, all the time. We really don't need the extra hour of daylight, when it is so hot in the deserts during the summer.
Looking forward to this video presentation, and to hear the ISS as it passes over. W7LB is the ground station for this contact, and Larry Brown is a long-time AMSAT member and supporter. He has had a hand in other scheduled ISS contacts in Arizona, and his experience should help make this a success.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:57 AM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Apologies if this was mentioned already, but I hadn't seen it.
Join the Vail Vaquero's 4-H Ham Radio Project at Empire High School for an out of this world experience as they make contact with a Russian Cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday
July 15 at 10:00 am [MST/Arizona, 16:00 UTC, I believe]
Bring your family and friends!
The contact will be at Empire High School in Vail. The address is 10701 E Mary Ann Cleveland in the theater.
If you are unable to make it, there will be a live video feed of the event here:
The presentation starts at 10am and the pass will begin at 11:03am (Arizona Time)
http://vailaz.com/index.php/news/view-categories/technology/116-vail-student...