Hi!

I will have an AMSAT booth at the Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club's SpringFest hamfest on Saturday morning, 18 March 2017. The hamfest will be held at the Mountain Valley campus of Scottsdale Bible Church on Perimeter Drive, west of the AZ-101 freeway exit 36, and north of Princess Drive, in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a half-day hamfest, since everyone has to clear out of the church's parking lot by 1pm (2000 UTC). The hamfest officially starts at 8am (1500 UTC), but I expect people to be roaming around the parking lot before sunrise. More information about the hamfest is available at:

http://www.scottsdalearc.org/spring-fest

I plan on doing a series of on-air demonstrations of satellite operating during the morning as WD9EWK. There are a bunch of passes for FM, SSB, and packet operations that I could show up on. If you hear or see WD9EWK on a pass Saturday morning, please call and be a part of the demonstrations. Any QSOs attempted via NO-84 and the ISS will also use WD9EWK as my call sign, without the -9 SSID I have used for demonstrations in the past. All QSOs made during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook of the World after the hamfest. If you'd like a QSL card for a QSO, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details.

During the hamfest, I will post updates from the hamfest, along with photos, on my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you want to see these updates and you do not use Twitter, do not worry. You can use a web browser to follow along, at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

Thanks in advance, and 73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK