AMSAT-NA anordnar varje år en “Field day”. Läs mer om detta trevliga event!
Every year AMSAT promotes a satellite version of Field Day during
the ARRL annual operating event which is held on the 4^th weekend in
June. This year Field Day will take place from 1800 UTC on Saturday
June 22, 2013 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 23, 2013.
SaudiSat-Oscar-50 will be the only operational FM transponder
satellite this year. If you are considering only FM voice operating
for your AMSAT Field Day focus the single uplink/downlink channel
will be extremely challenging. As in prior years, this intense
congestion on FM LEO satellites drives the limitation in the rules
allowing 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. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with the
ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if
operational).
If you have worked the satellites on Field Day in recent years, you
may have noticed a lot of good contacts can be made on the linear
transponder satellites including VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field
Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The
transponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous
SSB or CW contacts.
The AMSAT Field Day 2013 event is open to all Amateur Radio
operators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL
rules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of
all amateur satellites, both analog and digital.
For the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer
to the documents posted on-line at:
http://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.docx
http://www.amsatnet.com/2013fd.pdf
[ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO
for the above information]