BJ8TA Amateur Radio EME & Satellites Expedition

AMSAT-China is organizing some enthusiasts from its members to come to southwest China for experiments of EME and amateur satellite communications. The expedition team will use special technology experiments amateur radio call sign BJ8TA.

BJ8TA team will be Shangri-La County(NL97ut), Yunnan Province of China during March 20-23. it will be the first time amateur radio EME communications in grid NL, the communications scheme on the 6m, 2m and 70cm bands, using Yagi antennas with PA of one kilowatt.

And then, the team will move to Yunnan Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengjiang county, it is located in grid OL14kq. The EME communications will use eleven meters diameter radio telescope antenna with gain of 29dbi on 70cm band. operations will be from March 28 to April 1.

BJ8TA team will be also active on the available satellites, including AO-51, VO-52, AO-7, AO-27, FO-29, SO-50, SO-67 etc, during the expedition period.

BJ8TA Amateur Radio EME & Satellites Expedition is supported by the Bureau of Radio Regulation of China and Yunnan Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

BJ8TA team members:

VIP operator: Xie Feibo/BA1XIE, Director General of the Bureau of Radio Regulation of China. VIP operator: Yin Hu/BD1AZ, Land Service Department of the Bureau of Radio Regulation of China. VIP operator: Chen Ping/BA1HAM, Deputy Secretary General of the Amateur Radio Committee of Chinese Radio Association. VIP: Li Jian, Land Service Department of the Bureau of Radio Regulation of China.

Team leader: Fan/BA1EO Operators: Alan/BA1DU, Wang/BA4RN, Wang/BH4REQ, Zhao/BH4RLO, Jin/BA4TA, Michael/BD5RV and Chen/BA7CK Logistics: Zhu/BG5FCB, Zhang/BG8SF QSL manager: Alan/BA1DU (P.O.Box 8091, Beijing 100088, CHINA).

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Alan Kung, BA1DU Chief Executive Officer AMSAT-China