Hi!
AMSAT will have a booth at the Yuma Hamfest in southwestern Arizona on Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2017. The hamfest will be at the Yuma County Fairgrounds, located south of the I-8 freeway along 32nd Street in Yuma, across the street from Yuma International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. More information about the hamfest is available at:
Once again, thanks to the Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization - a group whose sole purpose is to host this annual hamfest - for providing AMSAT a booth. This has become the largest hamfest in Arizona, drawing lots of hams from Arizona, Nevada, southern California, along with the snowbirds spending their winter somewhere in the deserts along the Colorado River. Hopefully there will also be some hams who come up from northern Mexico, which is only a couple of miles from the hamfest site.
Along with the booth, there will be on-air demonstrations of satellite operating during the two days - weather permitting. If you hear WD9EWK on the satellites, including ISS and (if available) NO-84 passes, please call and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM22qq. All QSOs made during these demonstrations will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards will be available on request (please e-mail me directly with QSO details, if you wish to receive a QSL card).
During the hamfest, I will use my @WD9EWK Twitter feed to post updates and photos from the hamfest. If you don't have a Twitter account, you can see these updates and photos at:
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK