[South Florida DX Association] South Florida DX Association March Meeting Speaker

[Irwin Wallace]

SPECIAL EVENT NOTICE

This Speaker Notice is an addition to the March 2, 2011 meeting notice. 
(Same meeting time and location.)

The South Florida DX Association meeting speaker on March 2, (Wednesday) 
2011 (will be Bill Rafus, KD4FRB who will discuss amateur radio 
satellite technology. Bill has been the AMSAT Area coordinator for South 
Florida for over 12 years. Bill has been involved with teaching and 
assisting Amateur Radio Operators with basic and advanced satellite 
earth-station setup and operation.

Bill assisted in the construction of AMSAT OSCAR-40. Bill also assisted 
in building the amateur antennas currently in use aboard the 
International Space Station for the ARISS
amateur radio program.

The Presentation will discuss the following topics:
    Tracking of satellites using available on-line resources and 
computer software.
    Radio equipment required for EasySat operation.
    Antennas required for EasySat operation.
    Operating modes and an overview of available satellites.
    EasySat FM operation radio programming.
    Doppler Shift.
    Operating Tips.
The Presentation will include Q and A.

If additional information is required, contact Irwin, N4IEW at 
n4iew at arrl.net.