Jamboree on the Air on AO-51, 18-19 October 2008
AMSAT-NA is again supporting the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Scouting event by dedicating AO-51 operation to the event. For October 18th and 19th, AO-51 will be configured as a single channel V/U repeater, and all users are requested to standby for JOTA stations. Please limit QSOs to those between or involving at least one JOTA station during this weekend. The frequencies used for this weekend will be 145.880 FM uplink, and 435.300 FM downlink, no PL tone required. The mode change should occur at ~00:00 UTC on the 18th (Friday evening in the US) and run for approximately 48 hours.
I'd like to wish the Scouts good luck operating via the AO-51 satellite for the event, and would like to encourage reports to be sent to the AMSAT-BB or directly to me at ko4ma@amsat.org. Photo files up to 5 Mb total are also welcome to my address for possible inclusion in an upcoming AMSAT Journal article.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
AMSAT-NA is again supporting the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Scouting event by dedicating AO-51 operation to the event. For October 18th and 19th, AO-51 will be configured as a single channel V/U repeater, and all users are requested to standby for JOTA stations. Please limit QSOs to those between or involving at least one JOTA station during this weekend. The frequencies used for this weekend will be 145.880 FM uplink, and 435.300 FM downlink, no PL tone required. The mode change should occur at ~00:00 UTC on the 18th (Friday evening in the US) and run for approximately 48 hours. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
Just great, Drew!! Everyone who can, please get on...your response may be just what will create an interest in ham radio, and better yet in hamsats....
If we're home I'll be on....
Tnx, agn, Drew....
73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1@san.rr.com
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Dave Guimont wrote:
Drew, KO4MA wrote:
AMSAT-NA is again supporting the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Scouting event by dedicating AO-51 operation to the event. For October 18th and 19th, AO-51 will be configured as a single channel V/U repeater, and all users are requested to standby for JOTA stations.
If we're home I'll be on....
Dave? On AO-51? Isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Something a little more on-topic, I've been asked to help out a JOTA station in NH with satellites on Saturday, but the AO-51 passes won't coincide with their operating times. Since I'm FM only, is anyone on list operating other JOTA stations be active on SO-50?
- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
Dave Guimont wrote:
Drew, KO4MA wrote:
AMSAT-NA is again supporting the 51st Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Scouting event by dedicating AO-51 operation to the event. For October
18th and 19th,
AO-51 will be configured as a single channel V/U repeater, and
all users are
requested to standby for JOTA stations.
If we're home I'll be on....
Dave? On AO-51? Isn't this one of the signs of the apocalypse?
Not really Ben!! I'm fortunate to have enough equipment to pick an choose, and have been doing it on the satellites for 28 years...
The money that "went down the tubes" to build and launch an FM only voice bird is my gripe...And a lot of people do agree with me, but with the "powers that were" at the time we objectors had no voice...And I was told so at several conventions pre-launch...
Looks like things are really changing for the better, and it is about time...
Any other questions!!
73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1@san.rr.com
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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