Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Yuma (Arizona) Hamfest later this week, on Friday and Saturday (14-15 February 2014). This will be the 6th year I have made the trip to Yuma to host an AMSAT booth. The AMSAT booth will be in the main hall at the hamfest site, the Yuma County Fairgrounds - south of the I-8 freeway, across the street from Yuma International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. More information about the hamfest is available at:

http://www.yumahamfest.org/

During the hamfest, Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes from outside the main hall. Yuma is in grid DM22, for those interested in grids via satellite. Please call me if you hear WD9EWK on the passes, and be a part of the satellite demonstrations. Not knowing if I can get outside for every possible pass during the hamfest, I will try to post updates to this mailing list of when I will be on the air. I should not have a problem with weather out there, as it could reach 91F/33C on Saturday afternoon. In mid-February! Also keep an eye on my Twitter feed @WD9EWK - or use http://twitter.com/WD9EWK if you aren't on Twitter - as I can quickly post updates that way from my mobile phone.

I will upload all QSOs made from the Yuma Hamfest to Logbook of the World. Please e-mail me directly with QSO details if you would like to receive a WD9EWK QSL for our QSO. No need to send me a card or SASE. The printer at home is ready to print some QSL cards. :-)

Thanks, and 73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

P.S.: This hamfest, along with other hamfests and events with an AMSAT presence, are listed at: http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=218 on the AMSAT web site.