Field Day rules and SAT status
The AMSAT Satellite Field Day is held concurrently with the
annual ARRL Field Day emergency preparedness exercise.
This year the event will take place between 1800 UTC on
Saturday June 27, 2009 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 28, 2009.
AMSAT encourages stations to prepare for operations on
all of the satellite modes - analog, FM, and digital.
The congestion on FM LEO satellites has become so intense
based on experience in prior years that we request to
limit your use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. The ARRL rules
only allow one contact per FM satellite to count. AMSAT
Field Day rules allow one contact per FM repeater to count.
This includes the International Space Station, if operational.
AO-51 will be configured to support Field Day operations.
The Field Day configuration on AO-51 begins on June 21
to allow stations to test their equipment and antennas
at home prior to the event. The satellite will remain
in this mode through June 28.
AO-51 June 21 - June 28 Field Day Configuration
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM
Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
FM Repeater, L/U (Subject to interuption for
telemetry collection)
Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM
Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM
The full text of the AMSAT Satellite Field Day Rules can be
found on-line at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/
awards/amsatfd.php
The Satellite Summary Sheet can be found on this web page also.
This format should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field
Day competition and be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail)
by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 13, 2009. The preferred method
for submitting your log is via
e-mail to kk5do@amsat.org or
kk5do@arrl.net.
You may also use the postal service but give plenty of time
for your results to arrive by the submission date.
Add
photographs or other interesting information so that
can be used an article for the Journal.
If mailing your submission, the address is:
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Director of Awards and Contests
PO Box 310
Alief, TX 77411-0310.
Certificates will be awarded to the first-place, second,
and third place emergency power/portable stations at the
AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium in October,
2009.
Bruce, KK5DO
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