-----Original Message----- From: ARRL Web site Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 5:17 PM To: aa5pk@suddenlink.net Subject: ARLS006 73 on 73 Award Period Now Underway

SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS006 ARLS006 73 on 73 Award Period Now Underway

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From ARRL Headquarters

Newington, CT September 2, 2014 To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS006 ARLS006 73 on 73 Award Period Now Underway

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, is sponsoring a new award for contacts made via the UK Amateur Radio Educational Satellite FUNcube-1 (AO-73) to promote activity on the satellite. It is called the 73 on 73 award. The award period began on September 1.

More information on FUNCUBE may be found on the web at, http://funcube.org.uk/ .

Requirements are simple: Work 73 different stations on AO-73 (SSB or CW). There are no geographic restrictions on operating location, no QSLs are required, and the award is free.

E-mail log extracts containing the call sign of each station worked and the date/time (UTC) of each contact to, n8hm@arrl.net. Include your mailing address.

The AO-73 inverting transponder uplink is 435.150-435.130 MHz (LSB). The downlink is 145.950-145.970 MHz (USB). Use no more than 5 W to a 7 dBi gain antenna when accessing the AO-73 transponder. NNNN /EX