Alex, AC9XK Net Control called the Hortonville “Who Knows What” Net at 08:00 p.m. on 8/31/2023.
Topic moderator was Joe, KD9HYG and tonight’s net was “intro to amateur radio and satellites”.
Hortonville Net Announcements 8/31
This Saturday at 8 a.m. is the Hamilton County RACES monthly meeting at Firestation 76 in Noblesville. You must be a Hamilton County Emergency Management volunteer to attend. Following that is the CIARA monthly meeting at 10 a.m. This month’s presentation will be given by Ken Bandy, KJ9B who will present DXLabsoftware https://www.dxlabsuite.com/
This Sunday at 8 p.m. is the CIARA weekly net on the 145.170/443.550 MHz Noblesville repeater.
Join us Monday at 9 p.m. for the late night SSTV net hosted by The Piglets. For more information on how to participate please visit: https://www.pigletradio.org/nets
Saturday, September 9th is Fishers Public Safety Day from 08:00 a.m. to noon at the Fishers Municipal area. Be sure to stop by the Emergency Management booth!
On September 2nd Grant County Amateur Radio Club will be operating W9EBN in recognition of the 32nd Annual Fly-in/Cruise-in at the Marion Municipal Airport in Marion. Check the GCARC newsletter for info: https://www.grantarc.net/2023/08/01/gcarcs-august-newsletter-off-the-air/
The Henry County Amateur Radio Club will be providing communications for the New Castle Mini Marathon coming up on September 16. If you’d like to volunteer, please fill out the sign-up sheet at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_xNFn210cGl0akV_P8I76hA1MnB5LL8fp-TbcQPABw4vHtQ/viewform
No sell/swap/wants this week.
Links from the topic:
amsat.org website maintain a list or passes, just enter the satellite you want
n2yo.com is another website that can give you predictions on upcoming Satellites
GoSatWatch on Apple Devices is a popular paid app, that displays the overhead passes
Amsat Droid Free and HeavensAbove are great Android apps as well
amsat.org website has a Current Status page I check to make sure a satellite is being heard by others and not sleeping / charging batteries