[AReU] Spring Picnic

[w4tas]

I thought about bringing my AO40 portable station to the 
picnic and making a few contacts if the proper Saturday 
was selected. I don't know if the decision has been 
made yet but here are the facts about the Saturdays 
in March regards the satellite passes. 

03/01/2003-Not good at all during picnic time frame. 
03/08/2003-Ditto.
03/15/2003-Pass gets good around 1100 and stays 
                     good through 1400. 
03/22/2003-Pass gets good around 1000 and lasts 
                     until 1600. Really good around 1230 to 1300.
03/29/2003-Same as "1" and "2" above. 

I have yet to make a contact on my portable set up but 
I believe it will work fine. Hopefully I will be able to check 
it out before the picnic. Tomorrow night will be a good 
time to try it out as we will be having a real good pass. 

Any comments/ideas from the folks on the list?

73

Tony