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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AMSAT Field Day on the satellites</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">It’s that time of year again; summer and<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Field Day</strong>!<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a &#39;picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!&#39;</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The event takes place during a 23-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2018 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from<br style="box-sizing:border-box">1800 UTC on Saturday, June 23, 2018 through 2100 UTC on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 23 can operate only 24 hours.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur sat- ellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This year should be easier than many years since we have more than<br style="box-sizing:border-box">10 transponders and repeaters available. Users should check the AMSAT status page at<span> </span><a href="http://www.amsat.org/status/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsat.org/status/</a><span> </span>and the pages at<span> </span><a href="http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=177" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=177</a><span> </span>for what is available in the weeks leading up to field day.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">To reduce the amount of time to research each satellite, see the current FM satellite table at<span> </span><a href="http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=5012" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=5012</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box">and the current linear satellite table at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=5033" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=5033</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellites, there are SO-50, AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92. It might be easier this year to make that one FM contact for the ARRL bonus points with so many FM birds. The congestion on FM LEO satellites is always so intense that we must continue to limit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AO-92 may be in L/v for the first part of the event, depending on command station availability. Keep an eye on @AMSAT on Twitter for expected L/v mode change times.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The full set of rules are posted at:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.amsat.org/field-day/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.amsat.org/field-day/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Bruce Paige, KK5DO</em></strong><br style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT Director Contests and Awards</p>

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