[k6arc] FW: Beale Air Force Radar and the Amateur 70 cm Band - MDARC Meeting March 19

Tue Mar 2 17:16:54 MST 2010

Sam and everyone,
Lt. Colonel Keppler is making a 2-hour Pave PAWS presentation at Emcomm
West also. I am planning on attending unless I get hijacked into doing
something else.
Geo

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 Looks like good information. May be a good idea for someone from the club
 attend this, if they are able.

 73, de WS6P - Sam
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 From: jtronan at aol.com
 Sent: 3/2/2010 10:08:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
 Subj: Beale Air Force Radar and the Amateur 70 cm Band - MDARC Meeting
 March 19

 To our collgues in the Amateur RadioCommunity;

 On March 19, 2010 MDARC will be visited by Lt. Coln. Keppler and Captain
 Leineger from Seventh Space Warning Squadron at BEALE Air Force Base.

 These two US Air Force officers will present a program at the MDARC
 meeting on the upgraded radar system that we share the 440 band with.

 You and your ARRL affliated organization are cordially invited to join us.

 It is important that we all attend so we may understand the mission of the
 Beale Air Force Space Warning radar system.  We share the 70 cm band with
 the Beal radar system for which the FCC has assigned the primary use for
 the band.

 Our Amateur radio operations on 440 MHz crucially affect the Air Force
 radar noise threshold and the ability of the Beale radar to detect and
 resolve space objects.

 We have been asked to lower transmitter power of a number of 440 band
 repeaters in Northern CA to reduce the noise threshold at the Beal AFB
 radar.

 The missions of the Seventh Space Warning Squadron at BEALE AFB are:

       (1.)  Detect and track hostile missiles from the moment of launch.
       (2.)  Guide US defensive interceptor missiles, to destroy these
       hostile missiles in flight.
       (3.)  To track thousands of space debris objects.

 Even miniscule space debris poses a threat of serious damage to the
 International Space Station, Space Shuttle, the GPS satilites and
 communications satellites.

 Our meeting will be held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane,
 Lafayette, CA at 7:30PM.

 Due to another major event at the church that night we are upstairs in the
 sanctuary that seats 330 people.

 Our normal parking lot will probably be full with the other event so we
 will use the upper parking lot and street parking. Please do not park
 directly on the street in front of the church because that is an enforced
 no parking zone.

 We ask that if possible, you car pool to this meeting and monitor 147.06
 W6CX repeater for parking instructions.  If you should have questions,
 please contact us at jtronan at aol.com or 510 649 9045.

 OurmDARC of most cordial 73,

 John Ronan K3ZJJ President

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