[amsat-bb] AO-92 satellite demo - Saturday - April 14th - 1517 UTC

[John Brier]

Hi all,

I'll be doing a satellite demo at the Raleigh March for Science in the
kids area (Halifax Mall) from downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in
grid FM05, tomorrow morning. The pass has a max elevation of 66
degrees so it should be a good opportunity to show some kids and their
parents (and maybe adults without kids too!) ham radio satellites.

I may have developed a high SWR issue with my mobile radio powered sat
rig and the Arrow I use with it, so I may be forced to use "just" my 5
watt HT, so if you hear me having trouble getting through, please help
out by letting me make a contact or two - it's for the children, come
on. ;-)

I'm also going to try and demo ISS SSTV on an earlier pass but it's
only 5 degrees max elevation and I'm uncertain about the obstructions
where we'll be. If it works they may get an even bigger kick out of
that. I announced it on the Facebook event page and told people what
apps they can download to decode it by holding their phones up to the
speaker I'll have.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

P.S. I am aware Patrick, WD9EWK will be roving to DM54/DM55 tomorrow
but I imagine he'll still be driving there. Also, if I'm reading
Orbitron right by moving my mouse pointer to DM54/DM55 it looks like
this pass will only barely cover that area, if at all. Regardless, if
he's on I will make sure not to keep anyone who needs the grid[s] from
getting it[them].