Good Morning: SeeSat members who are also licensed radio amateurs and live in the western U.S. might find the following to be of interest. Back in the late 1960's and early 1970s, when I was a youngster, I listened to Astro Net, an amateur radio group on 3885 KHz that passed on information about satellite observing and other topics. This included pointing information for observing the Apollo missions on the way to and from the Moon. In the spirit of Astro Net, I am in the process of putting together a weekly astronomy/space discussion group on ham radio. Here are the details: 1. Day/Time: Sundays, Noon to 13:00 Pacific Time (19:00 to 20:00 UTC) 2. Frequencies (KHz): 7,247.0 (primary) 7,230.0 (secondary) 7,212.0 (tertiary) Note that the above frequencies are all in the general class portion of the band. 3. Mode: LSB 4. Geographic Coverage: California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona 5. Topics: Astronomy, astronmical observing, astronomical events, telescopes and accessories, solar-terrestrial interaction, ionospheric propagation, non-military space activities, high altitude amateur balloons, high altitude amateur rockets, radio astronomy, etc. Please note that we avoid discussing recent, current, or future U.S. military space activities. The next net will be this Sunday, April 1. 73 Brian Webb, KD6NRP ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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