Just finished meeting the Austin (TX) Amateur Radio Club for a satellite presentation. They’ve been around for more than a CENTURY. They market themselves extremely well. And someone forgot to tell them that we’re suffering through a pandemic - as they are AVERAGING 6-10 NEW MEMBERS A MONTH the past year! We have TEN “first-time attendees” this evening!

https://austinhams.org/

What a great club - MANY thanks for the invitation. Board member Mark W5MPJ KNEW what was coming - and as soon as he saw my NASA Hawaiian shirt, he knew we were gone to have some fun while learning … several AMSAT members in attendance ...

And so it goes. Life as an AMSAT Ambassador. Have knowledge YOU would like to share with the planet? Want YOUR personality to come through and get others involved in this aspect of our magnificent hobby? Visit https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/ https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/ - An attendee asked how I developed my presentation. I pointed him to https://www.work-sat.com/presentations.html https://www.work-sat.com/presentations.html - a page that needs updating, but shows the methodology of creating a presentation that should keep folks’ attention ...

Tomorrow night, Central California. MicroHams 5/18. South New Jersey 5/26. University of Arizona 6/1. White Mountain 6/2 … and more presentations lined up. Think YOUR CLUB might appreciate a “Getting Started Working Amateur Satellites” presentation? Send me an email!

Clint Bradford K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com http://www.work-sat.com/ 951-533-4984 - cell 909-999-SATS (7287) - message machine