[SkyHub] Colorado Astronomy Net Checkins - 02/26/2024

[Burness Ansell]

Be sure to check in to the Colorado Astronomy Net next week (04/02) for a discussion on the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on April 8. We will be discussing how to observe the eclipse from your location, Times, path, safety tips and more. This particular net will be run similar to the Monday Night SkyHubLink Net. I will give my initial report for planetary and sky events for April, info on the eclipse, then I will take checkins and go down the list in turn for questions, comments and answers. All of the contiguous 48 states of the US will see at least part of the eclipse, millions will be on centerline. Weather will obviously affect your viewing experience.

Topic for tonight was: Once in a lifetime nova <https://phys.org/news/2024-03-astrophysicist-science-lifetime-nova-outburst.html> that shows up every 80 years will be visible between now and September.

Anyone interested in ground station monitoring of the downlink on the OSCAR satellite that is in geosynchronous orbit above Qatar. The SDR is setup at the Cornwall Goonhilly earth station in UK.

SDR Radio Tuner
https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station

Info on OSCAR 100 Qatar satellite
https://amsat-dl.org/en/eshail-2-amsat-phase-4-a/

We had 37 checkins tonight, including 14 new ones.

Astronomy Net Log Sheet		NET #1469 (77)	Freq: 448.350
	Start Time:	1900 MST	End Time:	2140 MST	Date:	Mar 26, 2024
37	Callsign	Name	QTH				Notes		
NC	KI0AR	Burness	Highlands Ranch, CO			
1	AC0LI	Jim		Springtown, TX		NEW		
2	K0PJW	Peter	Jacksonville, AR			
3	K3XO	Rip		Martinsburg, WV			
4	NV7SS	Kenneth	Indian Springs, NV			
5	KE0UYD	Grant	Broomfield, CO			
6	SWL	Short Wave Listener	??, ??			
7	KI7PKL	Roy		Portland, OR			
8	K6KJV	Kevin	Valley Springs, CA			
9	KJ5EZA	Sean	Austin, TX			
10	VE5AAS	Rob		Saskatoon, SK			
11	KB9SGY	David	Chippewa Falls, WI		NEW		
12	W6RDZ	Ed		Broomfield, CO			
13	KD9ZJM	Mike	Piper City, IL			NEW		
14	ZL2BEZ	Paul		Wellington, NZ			
15	W0EWN	Richard	Littleton, CO			
16	VA3SGN	Shelby	Kingston, ON			
17	KE0VH	Jack		Wheat Ridge, CO			
18	KF0OUS	Ruben	Weldona, CO			
19	KC0MC	Mitch	Shawnee, KS			
20	KA9OMY	Stephen	Eau Claire, WI			
21	W0SCA	Blake	Idaho Springs, CO		NEW		
22	VE3PSE	Stan		Sudbury, ON			
23	KJ5T	Steve	Austin, TX			NEW		
24	VA5TM	Tom		Hudson Bay, SK		NEW		
25	KA3BMS	Hank	Gwynedd Valley, PA	NEW		
26	VK2DY	Bob		Kellyville Ridge NSW 2155, NS			
27	WH6GVN Sam	Kahului, HI			
28	WB9YPA	Mike	South Bend, IN		NEW		
29	WB6DIK	Dick		Palm Desert, CA		NEW		
30	K5IMO	Larry	Plano, TX			
31	KI5WCI	Pat		Frisco, TX			
32	KF0PPK	Andrew	Janesville, MN	NEW		
33	VA3YBA	Yuveen	Brampton, ON	NEW		
34	KD9WVP	Larry	Peoria, IL	NEW		
35	KE8ZDP	Ronald	Middletown, OH		NEW		
36	KK7QQU	Sean	Phoenix, AZ			NEW		
37	KK7EKK	Barry	Post Falls, ID			

I appreciate everyone's support.
Tnx & 73,
Keep looking up!
Burness
KI0AR
Net Control for the Colorado Astronomy Net
1900 Tuesday Nights Mountain time (Wednesday 0100 Zulu)

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