rowan72
Fri 18th Dec 2009, 00:16
I'm a member of an online community dedicated to ARGs and in one of the current campaigns we are following, we are being requested to intercept a series of what we believe are EME transmissions over the next few days. Unfortunately, none of the active participants of the campaign are ham radio operators, and the few of our friends that are do not have 23cm band radios capable of tuning into the 1296.040 MHz band over which these transmissions will occur.
I was pointed to this forum by a friend who suggested that someone here might be able to help us - either by checking out the transmission themselves or by pointing us in a direction where we might be able to do it ourselves online. Since the first transmission is set for tomorrow, we're in a bit of a time crunch so we're reaching out to as many ham radio communities as possible in the short time that we have to increase our chances of success, so apologies if you happen to see a message similar to this more than once.
Here is the information for the first 3 broadcasts:
1. 12-18 UT: 17:30:00 – 18:30:00 21°41?S ±90° 56°43?W ±90°
2. 12-18 UT: 23:00:00 – 24:00:00 20°59?S ±90° 136°36?W ±90°
3. 12-19 UT: 18:00:00 – 19:00:00 18°14?S ±90° 52°49?W ±90°
Normally I would give you links to where you could find out more information about what is going on, but as our community's previous attempt to post on this forum was quashed and banned, I am leery of adding links lest they be automagically seen as evil. However a Google search on the terms Exoriare and Deaddrop will link to an article I wrote that explains things in more detail, if you are inclined to learn more. If you have any questions or concerns, please ask and I'll do my best to answer them.
I really do hope that someone here would be able and willing to help us out. We've been (unknowingly) working towards this for the past month and I would hate to see us fall short simply because we were unable to find someone capable of helping out in time. Thanks in advance.
I was pointed to this forum by a friend who suggested that someone here might be able to help us - either by checking out the transmission themselves or by pointing us in a direction where we might be able to do it ourselves online. Since the first transmission is set for tomorrow, we're in a bit of a time crunch so we're reaching out to as many ham radio communities as possible in the short time that we have to increase our chances of success, so apologies if you happen to see a message similar to this more than once.
Here is the information for the first 3 broadcasts:
1. 12-18 UT: 17:30:00 – 18:30:00 21°41?S ±90° 56°43?W ±90°
2. 12-18 UT: 23:00:00 – 24:00:00 20°59?S ±90° 136°36?W ±90°
3. 12-19 UT: 18:00:00 – 19:00:00 18°14?S ±90° 52°49?W ±90°
Normally I would give you links to where you could find out more information about what is going on, but as our community's previous attempt to post on this forum was quashed and banned, I am leery of adding links lest they be automagically seen as evil. However a Google search on the terms Exoriare and Deaddrop will link to an article I wrote that explains things in more detail, if you are inclined to learn more. If you have any questions or concerns, please ask and I'll do my best to answer them.
I really do hope that someone here would be able and willing to help us out. We've been (unknowingly) working towards this for the past month and I would hate to see us fall short simply because we were unable to find someone capable of helping out in time. Thanks in advance.