Are there any good SURpasses during the hamfest? I thought the favorable passes are still in the evening?
It's a busy day for me but I may be able to work an early pass.
Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
On June 1, 2016, at 12:14, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" [email protected] wrote:
Hi!
I will have an AMSAT table at the White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low, Arizona, this Saturday, 4 June 2016. The hamfest will be at the Show Low City Hall parking lot, south of US-60 and west of AZ-260 in the center of Show Low. This is a half-day hamfest, scheduled to end "noonish" (around 1900 UTC).
During the hamfest, WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes for on-air demonstrations of satellite operating. Please call WD9EWK if you hear me, and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM44. All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest, and I am happy to send QSL cards to anyone who wishes to receive a card. Please e-mail me the QSO details to get a card. If you're in the log, I will send a card. No need to first mail a card and/or SASE to get my card in return.
I should be able to post pictures and other updates during the morning to my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. This is an open feed, which can be viewed in a web browser at:
if you don't use Twitter. Also, my location should be visible via APRS. I use WD9EWK-9 as my call sign for APRS, and - among other sites - it should be visible at:
during my drive to Show Low on Friday evening, as well as at the hamfest Saturday morning. Other than on ISS passes, I won't leave my APRS radio squawking once I have parked at the hamfest.
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Rick,
I don't see any ISS passes for Saturday morning during the hamfest. I mentioned that, since I sometimes see attempts by some stations to send an APRS message to me during these events. If I can make my location show up, that's what I shoot for with APRS at a hamfest.
On the other hand, if you are near the radio late Saturday afternoon, I should be on some ISS passes from Petrified Forest National Park in grid DM55. I am not planning to work the overnight ISS passes wherever I happen to be late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, Richard Tejera [email protected] wrote:
Are there any good ISS passes during the hamfest? I thought the favorable passes are still in the evening?
It's a busy day for me but I may be able to work an early pass.
Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
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