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

[Ron Hashiro]

Not  that I'm aware of.

Ann Elizabeth Miller wrote:

> 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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