Hi!

On Saturday, 30 May 2009, I will have an AMSAT table at the hamfest in Prescott, Arizona. This hamfest is a joint venture between the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club and Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association, and will be held at the Granite Mountain Middle School in Prescott (grid DM34sn). The hamfest runs from 0800 to 1300 local (1500-2000 UTC). More information about the hamfest is available at:

http://www.w7yrc.org/ham_fest.htm

During the hamfest and before it officially opens, I will have demonstrations on FM satellite passes as well as VO-52. You may hear me on as early as 1300 UTC, even if I have nobody listening to the pass at my station except for me.

After the hamfest, as I have typically done in the past year or so, I will make a long drive back home. I hope to make it as far north as grid DM36 for the AO-51 passes Saturday evening (somewhere on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, inside Grand Canyon National Park), and may be on AO-27 and/or SO-50 from grids DM34 and/or DM35 after the hamfest on my way toward grid DM36.

If you work WD9EWK on Saturday, either from the Prescott Hamfest or from some other location later in the day, I will be happy to send you a QSL card (or cards) to confirm the contact(s). Please e-mail me directly the details for each QSO, and - if you're in the log - I will mail you the card(s). No need to send me QSLs or SASEs for my activity on Saturday.

73!

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