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

[Bill Dzurilla]

Many thanks to Irwin for arranging Bill's presentation to our club at the March 2 meeting.  Time permitting, after Bill finishes, I will add a short supplement, "The 3 Top Reasons Why DXers Should Work the Satellites".

Hope to see you at the meeting.

73, Bill NZ5N
SFDXA President

--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Irwin Wallace <k512 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: Irwin Wallace <k512 at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [South Florida DX Association] South Florida DX Association March Meeting Speaker
> To: "DX Mailing" <sfDXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11:11 AM
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
>    
> 
> 
> 
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