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Subj: AMSAT Kid's Day Reminder-11 June 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 156.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 5, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-156.03
AMSAT-NA and the AO-51 Operations Team will sponsor the second Kid's Day
on AO-51 for 2005. The event will run from approximately 1420 UTC 11
June until 0450 UTC 12 June. The event is open to all kids, worldwide.
All amateur radio stations are asked to use 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. A
certificate is available from the AO-51 Team to any kid making a
successful Kid's Day contact. Please check the AMSAT Web Site, AO-51
Control Team Page, and other AMSAT news outlets for details on the
award.
AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during the event. Please
note the change in the uplink frequency for the event.
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM voice, 67 Hz tone
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM voice
The digital transponder on 435.150 will be turned off during the event.
A certificate is available to any kid that makes a contact with another
amateur radio station during the AMSAT Kid's Day Event. The contacted
station does not have to be operated by a kid. To receive your
certificate, please mail a confirmation of contact to the following
address:
AMSAT Kid's Day Certificate
c/o Michael Kingery - KE4AZN
1251 County Road 445
Enterprise, AL 36330
U.S.A.
Your confirmation can be a QSL card from you or the amateur control
station, a note on a piece of paper, or anything you can come up with.
Use your imagination! Please add a short note (a couple of paragraphs)
about your experience talking through an operational amateur radio
satellite. Some of the best cards and notes will be used for a future
AMSAT Journal article. Also, digital pictures and notes can be sent to
ke4azn@amsat.org for potential inclusion in the Journal article. The
certificate is free, and no SASE is required. The certificate is
available to any kid, anywhere in the world.
[ANS thanks Mike, KE4AZN and the AO-51 Team for the above information]
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