Mike& Alan, Thank you so much for your reply to my question about the "Secret Word" contest. I sure do not want my post about the contest to imply that I am in a hurry to receive a certificate. I am so appreciative of those who volunteer and make programs like ARISSAT-1 so interesting, exciting, informative, and even habit forming. I have been an active ham for 50 years but relatively new to the satellite area. I have come to realize just how habit forming this facet of Amateur Radio is. I plan my life around the acquisition and loss of signals, having the radio prepared with the appropriate software running, antenna positions, and on and on. I sincerely thank everyone who contributes to the many pieces that make the satellite puzzles complete. OMG, now a contest to guess (you smart folks probably know!) when ARISSAT-1 will reenter. This will be like losing a family member! Mine will only be a guess...discussing death is hard to do!

Thank you to all involved!

73, James W5AOO

Message: 7 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:32:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Schafferdaetsort@yahoo.com To:"amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Secret Word question Message-ID: 1313343168.11149.YahooMailNeo@web113816.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

James: ? ARISSat1.org are getting hundreds of reception reports flooding into the organization.? ? I?reported my secret word to them four days ago with?no pdf certificate received to date. ? With the Aug 11 delay in high power mode while entering sunlight and then the Aug 12 battery failing has caused a shift in priorities, less time devoted to generating pdf certificates is my guess. ? We all need to be extra patient on this one.

73's ? Mike Schaffer KA3JAW EL87 Tampa, Florida

Message: 9 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:09:44 -0500 From: "Alan P. Biddle" To: "'James Luhn'"luhn@wt.net,amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Secret Word question Message-ID:846D30D9E0094D3097F49793FB34EB70@WA4SCA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

James,

This is handled by a small team of real humans, or at least real hams. Emphasis on the word "small." The confirmation process is active, but it will take a little time to get things up to full speed.

73s,

Alan WA4SCA