Hi!

I don't normally write about an event I plan on attending where I represent AMSAT so far in advance, but I'm making an exception for this event. Even though it has been mentioned in recent AMSAT News Service bulletins, and listed on the AMSAT web site, there has been an attempt at misinformation on a web forum about this. To clear the air...

AMSAT will be at the Palm Springs Hamfest in southern California on Saturday, 4 February 2017.

Thanks to Rick Fearns and the Palm Springs Hamfest committee, AMSAT will have a booth at the hamfest. Along with a change in date (this had been held in mid-March for the past couple of years), the location has moved to the Palm Springs Air Museum along Gene Autry Trail, south of I-10 and near the Palm Springs Airport. More information about the hamfest is available at:

http://palmspringshamfest.com/

I have been in contact with the hamfest committee, trying to get AMSAT listed on the hamfest's web site. Hopefully that will be rectified shortly. In any event, AMSAT will be present at this hamfest, which should draw hams from around southern California, as well as from Arizona and possibly southern Nevada. I will be there, and I am looking forward to making the trip out there.

73!

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