[amsat-bb] FN05/06 Activation This Weekend

[Ken Alexander]

Hi All,

I've made plans to travel to FN05 and FN06 tomorrow (Aug 6) and Sunday 
(Aug 7). Schedule is as follows:

*Saturday UTC*
  ----------------------------------------------------------
      Day     Objects      AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl   AZ
  ---------------------------------------------------------- *
  06.08.2016  SO-50        18:11 18:23    12   48  329 - 131*
  06.08.2016  AO-85        18:40 18:50    10   10  284 - 025
*06.08.2016  SO-50        19:52 20:03    11   21  309 - 181*
  06.08.2016  AO-85        20:25 20:32    07   05  327 - 041
  06.08.2016  AO-85        22:07 22:16    09   10  339 - 080
*06.08.2016  AO-85        23:47 23:59    12   41  330 - 129*

*Sunday UTC*
  ----------------------------------------------------------
      Day     Objects      AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl   AZ
  ----------------------------------------------------------
*07.08.2016  AO-85        01:28 01:38    10   21  312 - 182*
  07.08.2016  SO-50        08:28 08:38    10   11  154 - 053
*07.08.2016  SO-50        10:06 10:19    13   81  211 - 036**
** 07.08.2016  SO-50        11:48 11:59    11   19  262 - 027*
  07.08.2016  SO-50        13:32 13:40    08   06  308 - 032
  07.08.2016  AO-85        14:04 14:14    10   11  152 - 054
  07.08.2016  SO-50        15:15 15:23    08   06  333 - 057
*07.08.2016  AO-85        15:42 15:56    14   75  209 - 036*

I plan to be on for the passes shown above in Bold text, and won't rule 
out the others.

I don't yet know where I will be for any given pass. Most likely the 
fist 1 or 2 passes on Saturday and the last pass on Sunday will be from 
FN05 and the others will be from FN06.

*About the AO-85 passes**:*  My HT's output isn't sufficient to get into 
the satellite reliably.  Instead, I will be bringing my KX3 + 70cm 
transverter and try operating semi-duplex.  I'm not sure if the KX3 will 
operate cross-band split.  If not then I'll leave it at home and try 
harder to hit more of the SO-50 passes on Sunday.

Let's have some fun!

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS