I was asked to do a satellite demo on Saturday afternoon 8-8-2015. The demo would be at the "Brat Fry" fundraiser put on by the newly formed Lakeshore Amateur Radio Service Club (LARSC) in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The club also had some of their ARES/RACES gear set up to demo to the public. The demonstration generated a lot of interest with the public passing by. This all took place in a crowded parking lot at Festival Foods. I knew it would be a challenge to work a satellite pass with the traffic passing by and our location was next to a large building. An earlier pass to the east was totally blocked by the building.The only opportunity for a clear pass was at 21:06z. I was elated with the good response from the satellite community. I had quite a few stations calling me. The group that was present was quite impressed when they heard all the stations coming back to my call. There was a lot of discussion about working satellites after the demo. Thank you to all those stations that called me and helped make the demo a success.
73 to all, Dave WN9Q