Physics Class in Hawaii, AO-91 attempt
Aloha!
I’m a Physics Teacher at Kea’au High School (BK29LO). My students have built a yagi antenna and learned how to work amature radio satellites as part of a unit on satellite motion. They have successfully heard themselves on the downlink of AO-91 several times now, but we haven’t managed to make a contact.
We are going to try to make another attempt today at 21:58z - 22:10z. It would be amazing if someone could listen for us! My call is KH6JB.
I hope this is the right place to post something like this. Forgive me if I’ve left something out!
73
John Bonewitz KH6JB
John,
The AMSAT-BB is a most appropriate place to post requests for skeds. Another place would be Twitter, as there is an active group of satellite operators that post there regularly.?? If you have a Twitter account, you can follow and tweet to @AMSAT to contact other satellite operators.?? I believe that there is something similar on Facebook. Since I don't use Facebook, I'll have to let someone else verifythat.
I would love to have a QSO with you and your students!?? Unfortunately, I live in Richardson, TX (EM12px) and opportunities for skeds are infrequent, brief, and at low elevation angles (like less than one degree maximum)!?? It is a bit more possible the further west I go. In March of 2018, I had a successful sked with N7AGF at BK29gq, while he was there on vacation.?? I was at EM12ek and we both heard each other loud and clear, so it is doable. The distance was nearly 6000km!
I don't know whether you and your class would be interested in trying a sked with such a great distance.?? I'm sure that there are satellite operator on the west coast that would be willing to have a sked.
73 and Mahalo,
Mac Cody / AE5PH
On 5/3/19 11:58 AM, John Bonewitz via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Aloha!
I???m a Physics Teacher at Kea???au High School (BK29LO). My students have built a yagi antenna and learned how to work amature radio satellites as part of a unit on satellite motion. They have successfully heard themselves on the downlink of AO-91 several times now, but we haven???t managed to make a contact.
We are going to try to make another attempt today at 21:58z - 22:10z. It would be amazing if someone could listen for us! My call is KH6JB.
I hope this is the right place to post something like this. Forgive me if I???ve left something out!
73
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