FOr the Transit of Venus Event: Event stations may join on DSTAR use reflector 1 CHARLIE. CHeck in and tell us how it is going. SOmeone please keep a written log of contacts?
Bob, WB4APR ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:10:51 -0400 (EDT) >From: <bruni...@usna.edu> >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Transit of Venus event 5/6 June >To: "Bob Bruninga" <bruni...@usna.edu>,amsat-bb@amsat.org >Cc: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprs...@tapr.org> > >Transit of Venus Special Event, 5/6 June 2012: > >For the 7th time in Human history and last time this century, Venus will pass >in front of the sun on 6 June 2012. We are encouraging hams to join up with >astronomers and observers in public places to share in this event. It is >observable worldwide except the center of the Atlantic (eastern S.America and >western Africa) Everywhere else can see parts of it. It lasts 5+ hours and >is fully visible around the Pacific Rim. In the Usa it is late afternoon on >the 5th towards sunset. > >All previous centuries were before the discovery of radio and so sailing ships >were dispatched around the globe to time the event. From these times, the >size of the Solar System could be calculated. It took months if not years to >get the data back. Now we can do it in 0.05 seconds with Ham radio. > >See if you can contact hams at other Transit of Venus sites from your public >observing site. Here are the suggested calling frequencies. We don't want >contest-style pileups nor home stations. We just want a place where similar >public setups can contact like minded other public viewing sites via ham radio >and make their reports. > >See the web page: http://aprs.org/VenusTransit2012.html > >We are suggesting these calling frequencies: > >40 Meters - 7180 KHz >20 Meters - 14240 KHz >17 Meters - 18140 KHz >15 Meters - 21240 KHz >12 Meters - 24940 KHz >10 Meters - 28340 KHz > >VHF - Join the global APRS message reflector "CQ VENUS" to exchange live APRS >messages with all other participants. To do this, send APRS msg to CQSRVR >with the first words of your message CQ VENUS ... and your text. You can send >up to one messae each 30 minutes. For details, see the web page. > >*** TAKE ALL IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN VIEWING THE SUN!!! *** Google >for Techniques. > >Bob Bruninga, WB4APR (will be observing in Japan with a Japanese callsign >JH1IBN-7 from Kyoto. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
