All,

Last Saturday evening, I worked SO50 and heard a young lady calling out trying to make a QSO. Nobody was responding to her call, so I decided that I needed to respond. I was barely able to make the QSO successfully due to trees and buildings getting in the way.

On Monday, I received the email below that was sent by her father, Tom W4SDR. He set up a Google photo page and video of his daughter Audrey's KM4BUN first satellite QSO. The video and pictures are very cool! Tom W4SDR, gave me permission to share the link below. The entire family have amateur radio licenses, which is impressive in itself.

It felt good to be able to provide a positive experience for these kids. Just goes to show you that any radio activity can be an opportunity for doing some good for someone else. If you hear Audrey KM4BUN or her brother Jack KM4ZIA, please try to give them a QSO. They are certain interested in setting up a sked. They are two smart kids that are enthusiastic about amateur radio and working the satellites!

73,

Mac / AE5PH

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Hello Mac, I'm Tom McElroy, father of Audrey McElroy. You were good enough to reply to her callsign the other night. Thanks for doing that. Audrey and her brother Jack work hard at being good kids, and good hams.

Here is a link to all of the action from Saturday evening, June 8th at our QTH: https://goo.gl/photos/yprpoS6vjN4eNCiA9

You can hear yourself in the video, along with some dialog from the Apollo 13 movie.

73 Tom McElroy W4SDR