June double-bill for AO51

Mike, KE4AZN, Amsat VP-Operations, and Echo Command Station reminds AO-51 users of two special events on this satellite during June.

The first event will be Kid’s Day on AO-51 on June 17, 2006. This 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 Kid's Day event, please limit contacts to stations that are operating with kids at the microphone.

AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during Kid's Day. Please note we will use the normal AO-51 uplink frequency for the event with the PL tone will be turned ON.

Uplink: 145.920 mhz FM voice 67 Hz PL Tone
Downlink: 435.300 mhz FM voice
The digital transponder on 435.150 will be turned off.

See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/kd-rules.html on the ARRL website for more Kids Day information.

Next, starting on June 19 AO-51 will be in the Field Day Configuration to give stations time to test their gear before the June 24-25 event.

FM Repeater ON - Uplink 145.920 mHz FM with 67 hz Tone
Downlink 435.300 mHz FM

QRP Repeater ON - Uplink 145.880 mHz FM, QRP Power Limits
Downlink 435.150 mHz FM

More details regarding the main repeater and the QRP repeater will be published prior to Field Day 2006.

Mike, KE4AZN
Echo Command Station for the above information

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