Keen amateur satellite operator Hope KM4IPF
The 435 to 145 MHz FM voice transponder on AO-85 was activated during Friday, October 9 allowing many contacts to be made. Among those active on the satellite was 9-year-old Hope KM4IPF.
Hope is the daughter of Michelle N8ZQZ and James WX4TV, other radio amateurs in the family are Hope’s elder sister Faith WA4BBC and brother Zechariah WX4TVJ, her younger sister is studying for her licence.
In this video Hope KM4IPF describes her first AO-85 (Fox-1A) contact
Fox-1A Real-time track and Orbital Predictions (click on Draw Footprint to show coverage area)
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=40967
Read the Fox Operating Guide to find out how to set up your handheld radio to work the satellite
http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf
Note: If your rig has selectable FM filters use the wider filter for 5 kHz deviation 25 kHz channel spacing.
Download your free copy of the AMSAT Journal Fox-1A Launch special issue
Fox-1A Launched http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/07/fox-1a-launch/
Jerry Buxton, N0JY talking about Fox-1A on NASA TV
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/07/radio-amateurs-on-nasa-tv/
