[CTSARA] Fw: [GNARC] EME Media Opportunity

[Jon Perelstein]

was "A really easy Media Hit for you to get"

Anybody do any EME stuff and want to get in the news??

Jon
KB1QBZ

--- On Wed, 4/7/10, JK <jkolin at optonline.net> wrote:

From: JK <jkolin at optonline.net>
Subject: [GNARC] A really easy Media Hit for you to get
To: "Distribution 1GNARC" <gnarc at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 11:54 AM

Do we have any VHF enthusiasts that can  set up a demo in Norwalk area and 
invite the press?

Jay   NE2Q

Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 11:08 AM
Subject: [pr:10733] A really easy Media Hit for you to get


Here's a very easy media hit activity!  Fill in the blanks, send it to local 
TV, radio and newspapers, listen for the signals and have fun while showing 
off Amateur Radio.
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Ham Radio at Arecibo to bounce signals off the moon
     Local hams will try to talk back.

The huge Arecibo radio telescope will be used by Amateur Radio operators 
(often called "hams") April 16-18 to bounce signals off the moon and back to 
Earth where people around the world can receive them.  The Arecibo 
Observatory Amateur Radio Club will put the 1000-foot radio telescope on the 
air using the frequency of 432 MHz, commonly used by hams for regional 
communications.   Using the FCC callsign of KP4AO their signal can be heard 
with only a small hand-held directional antenna pointed at the moon and a 
good ham radio receiver.

Radio amateurs will also be able to bounce signals back off the moon to 
Arecibo using voice and Morse code.  For this, the hams will only need about 
100 watts of power and a slightly larger (15dBi) antenna.

This coincides with the International Amateur Radio Union's "World Amateur 
Radio Day" on April 18th.

The scheduled times of Arecibo's operations are:

April 16:  1645 - 1930 UTC
April 17:  1740 - 2020 UTC
April 18:  1840 - 2125 UTC


In   ___your town_____  the  __________ Amateur Radio Club will be 
monitoring the moon bounce signals at ___location___  from 
_____time/day_____.   If conditions permit, they will also attempt to bounce 
a signal off the moon back through space to KP4AO.   Club members will be 
available to explain the activity and technologies involved to the public. 
For more information, contact __call____ at arrl.net .








Allen G. Pitts,  W1AGP
Media & Public Relations Manager

ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT
225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA
Telephone: (860) 594-0328
APitts at arrl.org

 


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