[amsat-bb] SUNSAT SCHEDULE AND AWARD

[Hans van de Groenendaal <hans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

Here is the latest SUNSAT schedule supplied by Henry ZS1AAZ and the
Sunsat team.


SUNSAT SCHEDULE

Times are UTC.  Uplink is on 436.291 MHz plus and minus 9kHz Doppler
shift.  Downlink is on 145,825 MHz.

9 October
Africa                   09:16 - 09:32           
USA                     16:15 - 16:30           
USA                     17:50 - 18:10           
USA                     19:34 - 19:48           

10 October              
Australia               01:56 - 02:12         
Africa                  10:16 - 10:34          
Europe                  10:38 - 10:52         
USA                     17:11 - 17:30         


The three successive passes over the USA on 9 October are to coincide 
with the AMSAT NA Space Symposium in California on 9 October.

16 October
Phillipines, China, Taiwan, Japan       01:37 to 01:49 
Africa                                  09:36 to 09:51
Europe                                  09:58 to 09:13
South America                           14:36 to 14:56


17 October
Indonesia, China, Japan                 02:30 to 02:45
Africa                                  08:57 to 09:12
Europe                                  09:19 to 09:33
South America                           14:03 to 14:18


23 October
India, Indonesia, Russia, Pakistan      05:09 to
05:24                          
Continuous over Africa to Europe        10:00 to 10:29

South America                           14:54 to 15:12


24 October
Eastern Australia                       00:54 to 01:09
Africa to Europe                        09:16 to 09:48
USA                                     16:14 to 16:29


30 October
Australia                               01:55 to 01:14
Africa and Europe                       08:37 to 09:07
South America and East USA              15:32 to 15:47      
                     
31 October
Australia                               02:55 to 03:10
Africa and Europe                       09:35 to 10:08
South America                           16:30 to 16:47


6 November
Australia                               02:16 to 02:34
Africa to Europe                        08:54 to 09:26
South America                           13:52 to 14:12


7 November
Indonesia and Japan                     01:52 to 02:06
Africa to Europe                        09:55 to 10:25
Western USA                             16:50 to 17:06


SUNSAT OPERATING AWARD

SA AMSAT has introduced a SUNSAT Operating Award to reward stations for
the number of contacts they have made with individual stations.

There are three categories: Bronze for 25 contacts. Silver for 50
contacts and Gold for 100 contacts. The objective is to work as many
different callsigns as possible with the restriction that only one
contact per pass may be claimed for the Award. No duplicate contacts are
allowed, a station qualifies only once.

To claim the award applicants must submit a copy of their log, verified
by the chairman of a local Radio Club or two Amateurs to SA AMSAT, P O
Box 1842, Hillcrest 3650 South Africa There will additional surprises
for the first 3 successful applications.

Short-wave Listeners may also apply for the award. Their logs must
include the callsigns of both  the stations monitored.

The cost of the award is $5 or 5IRC's to cover postage.



Happy Hunting

73

Hans

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