[Mich VHF UHF Society] Moon Day for next year?

[James French]

Here's an article from this weekends AMSAT News Service [ANS] about an
event down in Texas coming up:
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Moon Day" Volunteers Requested

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, is looking to recruit additional volunteers
from the AMSAT community in North Texas, Central Texas or elsewhere,
to help promote "Amateur Radio in Space" to a large public STEM
event.  "Moon Day" at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in
Dallas Texas on July 21, 2018 is the largest space themed STEM event
in Texas.  Last year saw 1500 people attend the 6 hour event.
https://www.flightmuseum.com/moon-day/

Again this year, Tom Schuessler will be heading an exhibit and
satellite demos for AMSAT.  They will have a table inside the Museum,
(Alongside the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Table), and a demonstration
area outside.  I will be setting up the outside activities and hope
to work as many satellite passes as possible during the 10A-4P run of
the show.

I'm looking for AMSAT people to both help with the inside table and
also with the outside demonstrations.  Joe Spier has promised me that
he will send me the FOX "Engineering Model"  but I am looking for
additional demonstration aids to illustrate satellite orbits and
other aspects of space communications like various types of antennas.

Being a STEM event, there will be many young people in attendance,
(General public as well as Boy and Girl Scouts), and they get a
chance to earn a STEM patch by answering questions from exhibitors
like US.

We really need people and content for Moon Day so please consider
spending Saturday, July 21 with us.  Contact Tom Schuessler for more
information.  N5hyp (at) arrl.net

Tom also notes that next year, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 moon landing. The Moon Day event is planning a big splash.
Looking at moon phase predictions for next year indicates that
conditions would be favorable for a portable EME station as part of
the mix. We will be looking for volunteers to assist this lofty goal.

Keep that in the back of your mind and I will bring it up next year.
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Wondering if there would be interest in doing EME stations at different
museums across Michigan as special event stations in celebration of the
50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

I would work on my end here to have it at either the Yankee Air Museum or
the Henry Ford museum. I was thinking another team at the Kalamazoo AirZoo.
Is there still a space museum out in Jackson Community college?

Plus there are a number of hands-on or science museums across the state
that could have a set up. Also considering that depending on conditions,
could have vhf/uhf/Mw demos along with making contact between each site via
terrestrial.

Just a little rambling to see if there would be interest for next year.
This would be a multi-club event with all the different locations and the
logistics required to pull this off.

James W8ISS
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