Hi folks:

Please join us at this Friday at the SBARC club meeting for a very special presentation on amateur radio space communications, including:

A LIVE DEMO OF A HAM RADIO SATELLITE PASS Oscar 50 will make a pass overhead just after 7:30 PM, and we will show you HOW EASY IT IS to "work the birds" with just a handheld radio! After the pass we will have a PowerPoint presentation discussing certain particularly interesting aspects of the satellite hobby.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND VIDEO OF OUR RECENT CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) We will give you a behind the scenes tour of our much publicized contact with the ISS, and we'll show you a great video of the boy scouts talking to an astronaut live via ham radio! We will also give you some background on the ARISS program (Amateur Radio on the International Space Program) and discuss why SBARC was given a priority spot to make a contact with the ISS.

I will be joined by Christian, WV6N, and we will both demonstrate our equipment in action. COME EARLY, DON'T MISS OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT CLUB MEETING!

Ken, N6KTH AMSAT Area Coordinator