Hi all,

The title of our next workshop will likely be

similar to last year's workshop but with a new

twist:

"AMSAT-DC Workshop on Portable Satellite

Ground Station Development" where ...

This time I'd like to propose that each of us

attending will ASSEMBLE and test a small 437

MHz circularly polarized Yagi antenna.

We will each set up our own portable ground

station for display (again) and share with others

our developments achieved since last year, OR

share your development plans for the

coming summer.

I assume the cost of materials will be under

$50 USD, and we will "build to print."

THOUGHTS? ... IDEAS? ...

Would you buy in to this? Or do you have an

alternate task idea in mind to suggest?

To pull this off, I will need some help. Can

you help organize this construction task to

make it so? Please call now!

Thank you,

Pat Kilroy, N8PK

AMSAT Area Coordinator

MDC Area

P.S. Last year's Workshop announcements:

http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/

P.P.S. Soon I will send out the final DATES

that we must select from for our workshop!

P.P.P.S. An alternate idea might be to

assemble an Az-El rotator system like the

one presented by David Bern, W2NLX, but

it might not be ripe for prime time until

the following year.