This weekend, Orlando, Florida is the place to be !!!
We invite everyone to the 66th annual Orlando Hamcation at the Orlando Fairgrounds.
Hamcation kicks off on Friday, Feb.10th at noon and ends 14:00 ET, Sunday, Feb. 12th.
AMSAT will be well represented with adjoining booths in the Commercial 1 building (main entrance).
We also plan to have a working satellite station live from the AMSAT booth operated by John Papay, K8YSE
Others present throughout the weekend will be ARISS Hardware Mgr.and sat.designer Lou McFadin, W5DID, AMSAT VP of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Dave Jordan, AA4KN-AMSAT/ARISS, and on Friday, AMSAT President, Barry Baines, not to mention many other familiar faces from AMSAT.
Along with the usual AMSAT goodies, look for a working model of an ARISSat amateur satellite on display.
... and don't forget there will be an AMSAT Forum beginning at 13:00 ET on Saturday in Classroom II reviewing AMSAT's newest project, the FOX cubesat and other related topics.
Orlando Hamcation is growing bigger and better every year, so don't miss out and plan to attend.
For more event details, go to ...
http://www.hamcation.com
Dave, AA4KN
an AMSAT area coordinator for Central Florida
