Dear All,

I wish to congratulate Mark (VK5QI) to be the winner for the MARS F3 Award.

Also thanks to Satnogs.

The Award (soft copy) will be sent to Mark by mail early next week, the Hardcopy and MO-112 first day cover will be sent also next week in an envelope with MO-112 stamps (for your collection Mark).

F3 was a great adventure for many of us, thanks again to Mark (N8MH) for his dedication to keep the bird alive for so many years.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)

On Jan 25, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Jean Marc Momple jean.marc.momple@gmail.com wrote:

Dear All,

It seems that Mark (VK5QI) was the last station to receive successfully Falconsat 3 (F3) signals. Before congratulations to him and issuing the MARS Award at MARS management level we wish to ensure that it is so.

Therefore request that anyone who may have receive F3 after him after 21/01/2023 at 13:34:41 Hrs do claim so and provide proof by 27/01/2023 at midnight UTC.

I take the opportunity to thank Mark Hammond (N8MH) to have dedicated so much time to maintain F3 enabling worldwide exchanges through the F3 BBS and to Chris Thompson (G0KLA/AC2CZ) for his superb PacSat Ground Station software enabling me to make many QSO’s on F3 and MO-112.

All good things have a end but I wish to mention that F3 was a superb experience for me and I guess for many others around the world.

Also Bravo and thanks to all not mentioned who made this superb adventure possible.

Looking forward to issue the F3 Award asap.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)