January 2006 - Amsat Kid's Day on
AO-51
Amsat-NA, the AO-51 Command Team, and the AO-51 Operations Team
will sponsor Kid's Day on AO-51 on January 8, 2006.
The event will run from approximately 0100 UTC 8 January until
0345 UTC 9 January. The event is open to all kids, worldwide.
We ask all amateur radio stations to give this short time window
to promote satellite operations with kids, by actually showing a
kid how to make contacts via AO-51, providing a station to contact,
or stepping aside to allow others to make contacts with the kids.
During the event, please limit contacts to stations that are
operating with kids at the microphone. This should allow the kids
to have a nice QSO and pass some information. Kids can tell their
name, age, who is helping them operate on AO-51, where they live,
and other information about themselves.
AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during the event.
Please note the change in the uplink frequency for the event. The
PL tone will be turned off for the event.
Uplink: 145.880 mhz FM voice
Downlink: 435.300 mhz FM voice
The digital transponder on 435.150 will be turned off during
the event.
See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/kd-rules.html
on the ARRL website for more Kids Day information.
Have fun and enjoy AO-51!
73 KE4AZN
Amsat VP-Operations
Echo Command Station
Mike, KE4AZN
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