Time and QTH? Re: [HIham] Possibly the last chance to contact Bill McArthur, KC5ACR on NA1SS

[Ann Elizabeth Miller]

Is there a QTH and assembly time established for a group effort like 
before?
Ann, KH6W


On Mar 24, 2006, at 7:03 AM, Ron Hashiro wrote:

> Fellow hams,
>
> There is an 81 degree ascending pass (Southwest to Northeast) of the 
> ISS
> Saturday morning starting approximately 6:33 am.  This might very well 
> be the
> last good pass to work Bill McArthur, KC5ACR on the space station.
>
> Bill leaves the space station next week, after being up there about
> six months.  He usually gets on the air only on weekends.  The
> usual hours are between 10:00 pm Friday to 11:30 am Saturday,
> and 10:00 pm Saturday to 11:30 am Sunday.  As the week gets
> busier with his departure, he'll probably won't be able to get on the 
> air.
>
> This is the only decent pass this last weekend.  The others are
> not so good. (16 degrees elevation or less, which means a
> range of at least 800 nautical miles.)
>
> There's no guarentee at all that Bill will be there.  It all depends
> on his work and exercise schedule.  (Unfortunately for us,
> he works on Saturday.)  If he is there, I'd
> would like to send him out with a bang and give him a quality
> Hawaii-ISS QSO party.  (Give him as many, quick contacts
> as he can absorb.  Give your callsign only phonetically using
> ITU phonetics (don't say "King Henry Six", say "Kilo
> Hotel Six" -- don't fool around with your phonetics),
> followed by "59", and wait for your callsign back with the "59")
>
> Those of you who've been fortunate enough to work Bill, help
> your fellow hams score a contact on this one and the QSL
> card.  Help them configure their transceivers for 144.49 TX
> and 145.80 RX.
>
> The pass starts at 6:33:38 am at the horizon at bearing 217
> (for Oahu stations).  Bill will fly right up the middle of the
> Molokai Channel between Oahu and Molokai.  He'll be there
> at 6:37:45 am. He'll slip over the horizon at bearing 40 degrees
> (for Oahu stations) at 6:41:51 am.  (These calculations are
> pretty accurate, however, allow a little
> plus or minus in the times.)  Nine minutes later, he'll be over
> Portland, Oregon.
>
> Cross your fingers, and good luck!
>
> Ron Hashiro, AH6RH
>
> P.s.  David, please pass this along to tonight's NCS -- I have a 
> meeting
> at net time.
>
>
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