College Satellite Night March 27 on AO-51

College Satellite Night will be held Thursday March 27, 2008 (local time).

AMSAT Operations is supporting this event by dedicating a second repeater onboard AO-51 to college operations only for this date. Previous events have had the colleges well represented on the air.

This event is a great opportunity for hams who are satellite active to interact with existing college operators and/or to elmer a new generation!

Do you know a college student who would find amateur satellites interesting and intellectually challenging? Have them as a guest at your station and introduce them to amateur radio in a way they will never forget.

AMSAT has a dedicated orbiting repeater set aside for the evening on satellite AO51 for this event:

Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM.

Even if you are not set-up for transmission please listen in. You can find satellite pass information for the evening at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/

Hope to see you on the birds!

Thanks to Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT-VP Operations and Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL for the above information