Join W4AQL, Georgia Tech's Amateur Radio Club, as they and other amateur radio enthusiasts say hi to NASA's Juno spacecraft while it receives a gravity assist from our planet that will put it on course for Jupiter.

W4AQL will join with other amateur radio operators around the world to say "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts!

Juno's closest approach is expected to be 3:21 pm EDT; the event will run from 2-4:40 pm EDT, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

For more information, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/.

About the Juno Mission

The Juno spacecraft, which launched August 5, 2011 and is currently making its way to Jupiter, will for the first time peer below Jupiter's dense cover of clouds to answer questions about the gas giant and the origins of our solar system. To learn more about Juno, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5888.

About W4AQL

The Amateur Radio Club at Georgia Tech is located in the Van Leer Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, located in NW Atlanta, Georgia. The club operates a 2-Meter FM repeater and a shack of various HF, VHF, and UHF equipment. Its primary purpose is to provide a means for students of Georgia Tech to operate, but the club is open to faculty, staff, and students.

Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in Room E496 of the Van Leer EE Building, or stop by our Shack, room E496-A. To learn more, visit http://w4aql.gtorg.gatech.edu/.