As part of my flea-market space, I included some AMSAT info - an actual size cardboard model of a cubesat, a copy of the AMSAT Journal, a copy of "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites", the Fox Operating Guide (and another document I prepared which tells which frequencies to receive the FM birds and how to track them, along with some online resources).

The thing which got the most attention was my fully assembled Arrow antenna - and I could have sold at least 5 of them had I had any to sell! :-) Most of the questions I fielded were about QO-100.

From this, I have been tentatively invited to give "Satellite 101"

presentations at least 2 ham clubs, and possibly a third, (I think I've done about 8 similar presentations over the past 18 months.)

This wasn't a full-blown AMSAT only information table like at some hamfests (John KG4AKV and I are doing one (and he's planning to do demos) at the Raleigh Hamfest April 20) with some merchandise from the AMSAT online store; it was a last minute idea since I had some extra space on the table.

As an added bonus, it was *completely* unexpected to see Barry WD4ASW there, and get to talk to him for a few minutes both days. I also got to meet Andy N4LAZ, who is fairly new to both ham radio and satellites, and has put EM95 on the air on a fairly regular basis.

Philip N4HF