AO-51 Special Event - JOTA Weekend 15-16 Oct

The annual Boy and Girl Scouts "Jamboree on the Air" Amateur Radio event is scheduled for 15 and 16 October 2005.

As this is an International Scouting event, amateur radio stations around the world are invited to participate.

The AO-51 command team is scheduling the satellite for
exclusive use by the Scouts, and Satellite operators communicating with the Scouts, for this weekend.

Please allow the Scouts the opportunity to make as many contacts as possible via AO-51 during this short time period. Base stations, please remember that most of the JOTA stations will be portable, so please use minimum power. The official times for the JOTA event will be from 1200 UTC on October 15 until 1200 UTC on October 17, 2005.

For the JOTA weekend, AO-51 will be configured in the Dual FM repeater mode. This will provide two independent FM repeaters (separate uplink and downlink frequencies) for use over the weekend. Both repeaters will be for use by the JOTA activity. This mode will run Monday through Friday before the event to allow amateur satellite stations to
familiarize and test this mode. The configuration of the satellite frequencies for this mode is listed below.

AO-51 FM repeater #1
Downlink: 435.300 MHz
Uplink: 145.920 MHz with 67hz PL Tone

AO-51 FM repeater #2
Downlink: 435.150 MHz
Uplink: 145.880 MHz with NO PL Tone

Here are some web links for information on the JOTA weekend activity.
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/jota.html and
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/ideas.html
http://www.scouting.org/international/jota.html

If your local club has a JOTA activity planned for the weekend please consider volunteering your services to provide a satellite communication station for the event.

Thanks for your support and participation.

73, KE4AZN
Echo Command Team
Amsat VP-Operations

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