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

[Ron Hashiro]

The weather is reasonably clear this morning, and Bill has been active 
around 2:18 am
over Europe.

I'll be at Kakaako waterfront park, near John Dominis around 6:00 am, 
setting up for the
pass.  Tune into 146.88.

Ron Hashiro wrote:

> 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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