Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA
It was a standing room-only crowd of more than 50 last night for my satellite presentation for the SOARA club in Mission Viejo, CA.
But what made it truly unique was that 24 attendees passed their Technician tests right before the satellite show ... as well as a couple additional upgrade licenses!
SOARA has a wonderful history in the region - and has also been a Special Service Club of the ARRL since 1975. I took a "poll" of how long the attending members have been hams, and there was literally hundreds and hundreds of years of experience present - all excited to welcome the new hams and assist in any aspect of the hobby that crops up.
NUMEROUS plugs for the ARRL, AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK, and ARISS interspersed throughout the show. And - as always - the Q&A afterward was exciting.
THANK YOU to SOARA for the invitation ... AND for weather that was about 20 degrees cooler than staying home tonight! (grin)
Clint Bradford K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com
Well done Clint
If everybody did just 10% of your 'outreach' activities, the hobby would be transformed.
Good luck
David - G0MRF
-----Original Message----- From: Clint Bradford clintbradford@mac.com To: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Sent: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 3:32 Subject: [amsat-bb] Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA
It was a standing room-only crowd of more than 50 last night for my satellite presentation for the SOARA club in Mission Viejo, CA.
But what made it truly unique was that 24 attendees passed their Technician tests right before the satellite show ... as well as a couple additional upgrade licenses!
SOARA has a wonderful history in the region - and has also been a Special Service Club of the ARRL since 1975. I took a "poll" of how long the attending members have been hams, and there was literally hundreds and hundreds of years of experience present - all excited to welcome the new hams and assist in any aspect of the hobby that crops up.
NUMEROUS plugs for the ARRL, AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK, and ARISS interspersed throughout the show. And - as always - the Q&A afterward was exciting.
THANK YOU to SOARA for the invitation ... AND for weather that was about 20 degrees cooler than staying home tonight! (grin)
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