Tom and all, It's likely that we can schedule AO-51 for a JOTA repeater during that weekend.
If the bird can support it (power budget), we'll support it! 73, Mark N8MH On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Tom Schuessler <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings to the list, > > The 53rd Jamboree on the Air is coming up on October 16th and 17th and many > groups who are hosting events for Scouts are going to attempt to do > satellite contact demos. These contacts always stir up lots of excitement > for the Scouts present. As a person who is leading up a JOTA event at the > National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas as K2BSA/5, I would like to > request as much leeway as possible be given on those dates for Scout groups, > especially on the FM birds. Many of these portable stations will be using > HTs and Arrow/Elk antennas and just will lose out on things if they get > buried by high power, fixed stations. > > The whole purpose of JOTA is to expose the Scouting community to the > excitement of Ham radio and we want to present as positive an image as we > can on that weekend. > > I know this is just one guys opinion and I also know that this mailing list > only goes to a small percentage of Hams involved with Satellite > communications, but hopefully it will help to keep things sane on that > weekend. > > I thank you all for your time and consideration in reading this and hope you > get involved with a JOTA location near you. These kids are our future in > the hobby. > > Tom Schuessler de N5HYP > 2713 Lake Gardens Drive > Irving, Texas 75060 > 972-986-7456 > 214-403-1464 (Cell) > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
