Hi!

On Saturday, 19 April 2008, I will be helping the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (W7YRC) as they support the Spotlight on the Stars event by the Prescott (Arizona) Astronomy Club. This is a week-long event, and the Saturday activity will be at the Prescott Public Library in downtown Prescott (215 E. Goodwin Street, grid DM34sm). The YARC will have a table with information related to amateur radio, and I will add satellite-related information to their efforts. This event will take place between 10.00am and 12 noon (1700- 1900 UTC).

The library is on a hill, and the hill along with the library building prevent any view of the eastern sky unless a satellite has an elevation of 40 to 45 degrees. This will limit my activity to one on-air demonstration, an AO-51 pass at 1548-1603 UTC to the west for anyone showing up early. I may be on the earlier AO-51 pass at 1410 UTC from somewhere in the Prescott area in grid DM34 with a better view of the eastern sky, to test my radio gear before going to the library.

After this event, I plan on making a long loop through northern Arizona on my way home. I am hoping to park on the DM34/DM35 boundary for the afternoon AO-27 passes at 2121 and 2302 UTC somewhere north of Prescott. After that, I will head to a point between Williams and Flagstaff near Interstate 40 to be on the DM35/DM45 boundary for the evening AO-51 passes around 0120 and 0259 UTC.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/