Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the satellite contacts during the ARRL Rocky Mtn. Convention in Taos. We had hundreds of people stop by during the event with tons of interest in AMSAT and satellite operating.

Special thanks to Rodney, KC0ZHF, for his help during the passes. Early on we had rotor control problems due to a bad USB<>serial interface driver. Having Rodney there to make the contacts while I adjusted the AZ/EL was a lifesaver. He also helped answer many of the questions coming our way about working the birds.

I put some pictures online of the station setup on my QRZ page.

73, Ollie AJ1O

Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:10:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Rodney Waln kc0zhf@yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/5 Taos, NM To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: 1312600244.45256.YahooMailNeo@web46105.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

http://www.2011convention.org/w1aw.html ? aj1o?and kc0zhf will be operating and demoing from the 1973 pinzgauer and tripod trailer as w1aw/5 on numerous satellite passes from dm76 please follow instructions for qsl on the above link, Fri, sat and Sunday morning from the convention, hope to work you,