Westfest Satellite demo

Patrick, WD9EWK, will be part of the AMSAT table at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's 'Westfest', at Glendale Community College in Glendale AZ on Saturday, January 13th.

As part of the AMSAT table, Patrick will demonstrate the
AO-51 and SO-50 satellites on up to 4 passes during the morning, subject to satellite availability:

SO-50: 1317-1330 UTC (south to northeast)
1458-1510 UTC (west to north)

AO-51: 1509-1522 UTC (east)
1647-1702 UTC (west)

Thanks to the hamfest organizers, Patrick is authorized to use the hamfest's special callsign W7W for the demonstrations.

He will provide the hamfest with a copy of the satellite log, which will be combined with the log for the HF contacts the hamfest's station makes.

QSL information, and more details about the hamfest, can be found at: http://www.w7tbc.org/Westfest.html

The grid may not be exotic (DM33), but Patrick hopes to work you next weekend from the Westfest

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