Hi Clint!
I just finished giving my "How to Work Amateur Satellites with Low Power" presentation to a classroom in Southern Illinois.
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Great job, especially using Skype for a two-way video hookup. You're a bit ahead of me in doing that, but that is something I have thought about with some presentations for groups in Mexico. Skype would work great for that, if I am not able to be there myself.
I had a question about one item you mentioned at the end of your message:
So, presenters: I guess we are no longer limited to "hundred mile radii" restrictions for our shows!
What is this limit that you speak of? ;-) I, and my truck, have never heard anything about that. For me here in Phoenix, anything I've been to outside the Phoenix metropolitan area has involved a drive of at least 100 miles one-way. One presentation I gave last year was a 250-mile (400km) drive, across a state line and an international boundary (not too far past that boundary, in Mexicali - across from Calexico and El Centro CA). I enjoy doing that, and many times combine the drive to a hamfest with additional travel for some sightseeing and/or radio operating away from home.
I hope it is really not a restriction, but a guideline to help AMSAT's Area Coordinators to not go overboard on their travels to different events. I routinely drive one-way distances of 100 to 200 miles (160-320km) for other events in Arizona, and along with other driving for sightseeing and/or radio operating add many more miles/km to that. I plan to continue doing this, starting with a hamfest on 27 March in Tucson (120 miles/200km southeast of me). If I didn't enjoy this, I would not do it.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/