[K3CAL] Fwd: [WA3NAN] McMurdo Ham Time

[Wa4prr]

Just thought someone might be interested in making a contact!

Ron Byzet - Sent from my iPad

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> From: Pete <biovore at gmail.com>
> Date: January 14, 2012 12:41:10 AM EST
> To: wa3nan at lists.nasa.gov
> Subject: [WA3NAN] McMurdo Ham Time
> 
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> of the NASA Goddard Amateur Radio Club (GARC) and WA3NAN.
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> For all those you want to get a contact with Ross Island, McMurdo Station Antarctica, this is your chance.
> 
> I will be on the air at around Sun 14:00 NZDT (UTC+13) for about and hour.   It appears that this time should be favorable for propagation on 20 Meters.
> I been told that the McMurdo station normally uses 14.243 as its call frequency.
> 
> For those on the East coast of the US this would be 8:00 in the evening of Sat the 14th.
> Listen for KC4USV on 14.243 MHz around 8:00 PM EDT.
> 
> The station has had a failure of there 1 KW amp, but I been told they have a 600W spare we are running at about 400 Watts on a directional antenna.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Fetterer
> KB3GTN
> 
> The force is like duct tape.
> It has a light side and a darkside 
> and binds the universe together. 
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